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Hrishikesh Terdalkar
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pyopendota: Python Package for OPENDOTA API

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Python wrapper for <OPENDOTA/> API

<OPENDOTA/> API

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A python interface for <OPENDOTA/> API

The OpenDota class provided with the package serves as a python interface for the original OpenDota API in the form of a thin wrapper The class assumes some familiarity with the OpenDota API.

All method calls return serializable python objects, as return by the API in most cases a dict or a list. Response data is stored as JSON in a local directory (Default: ~/dota2), to prevent the load on OpenDota API.

Features

  • Transparent wrapper for majority of the API calls
  • Ability to authenticate using API key
  • In-built and cusomizable limit to protect against frequent API calls
  • Local file-based storage for frequent requests
  • Basic CLI using fire

Usage

Use <OPENDOTA/> API in a project

import opendota

# Initialize the API-connection object
client = opendota.OpenDota()
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Get Common Entities

client.get_matches(
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About OpenDota API

The OpenDota API provides Dota 2 related data including advanced match data extracted from match replays. OpenDota API Documentation: https://docs.opendota.com/

About pyopendota

The OpenDota class provided with the package serves as a python interface for the original OpenDota API in the form of a thin wrapper. The class assumes some familiarity with the OpenDota API.

All method calls return serializable python objects, as return by the API, in most cases a dict or a list. Response data is stored as JSON in a local directory (Default: ~/dota2), to prevent the load on OpenDota API.

Features

  • Transparent wrapper for majority of the API calls
  • Ability to authenticate using API key
  • In-built and cusomizable limit to protect against frequent API calls
  • Local file-based storage for frequent requests

Extra

Apart from the direct API calls, it also lets one "Search by name" for pro players, teams, leagues etc.

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