Okay, so I wanted to keep better track of Danielle Collins’ tennis matches. I’m a big fan, and I always find myself scrambling to find her latest scores. I figured, “Hey, I should just build something myself!” So that’s what I did.
First, I gotta find the scores. I mean, where do you even get that kind of data reliably? I poked around a bunch of different sports websites.
The Data Hunt
- Step 1: Scour the Web I tried a few of the big-name sports sites, looking for some sort of easy access to the data. No dice. Nothing was straightforward.
- Step 2: API Exploration I thought, “Maybe there’s an API for this?” An API is basically a way for computers to talk to each other and share information. I found a couple of potential sports data APIs, but they were either super expensive or really complicated to use. I’m not a professional programmer, just doing this for fun!
I got a bit lost in the weeds. Parsing those tables was a pain. I spent way too long just trying to get the basic data in a format I could actually use.
I even had to learn how to format the data just for * was all trial and error, honestly. Lots of Googling, lots of copying and pasting code snippets, lots of fixing broken things.
Putting It Together
Finally, I managed to get a simple output working. It’s not pretty, but it shows me Danielle Collins’ recent match scores. That’s all I really wanted!
So, yeah, that’s the story of my little Danielle Collins score tracker project. It was a bit of a messy journey, but I learned a ton along the way. And now I have a super convenient way to keep up with her matches! Maybe I’ll add some features later, like alerts or something. But for now, I’m happy with it.
