#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Fetch NBA draft picks + finishing high school from Basketball-Reference. Polite scraper: ~1 request / 3.5s. Caches player pages so re-runs are cheap. Usage: python fetch_bbref_draft_hs.py --years 2016-2025 python fetch_bbref_draft_hs.py --years 2022,2023,2024 """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import csv import json import re import time from pathlib import Path import requests from bs4 import BeautifulSoup ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] RAW = ROOT / "sources" / "bbref_raw" CACHE = RAW / "player_hs_cache.json" UA = ( "athletic_scrapper-nba-draft-hs-panel/0.1 " "(research dataset; polite scrape; github.com/Dharit13)" ) SLEEP_S = 3.5 BASE = "https://www.basketball-reference.com" def parse_years(spec: str) -> list[int]: years: list[int] = [] for part in spec.split(","): part = part.strip() if not part: continue if "-" in part: a, b = part.split("-", 1) years.extend(range(int(a), int(b) + 1)) else: years.append(int(part)) return sorted(set(years)) def load_cache() -> dict: if CACHE.exists(): return json.loads(CACHE.read_text()) return {} def save_cache(cache: dict) -> None: RAW.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) CACHE.write_text(json.dumps(cache, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n") def get_html(session: requests.Session, url: str) -> str: r = session.get(url, timeout=45) r.raise_for_status() # Basketball-Reference is UTF-8; avoid mojibake from mis-detected encoding. r.encoding = "utf-8" return r.text def parse_draft_table(html: str, year: int) -> list[dict]: soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser") table = soup.find("table", id="stats") if table is None: raise RuntimeError(f"No #stats table for {year}") rows_out: list[dict] = [] for tr in table.find("tbody").find_all("tr"): if tr.get("class") and "thead" in tr.get("class"): continue pick_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "pick_overall"}) if pick_cell is None: continue pick_txt = pick_cell.get_text(strip=True) if not pick_txt.isdigit(): continue pick = int(pick_txt) team_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "team_id"}) player_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "player"}) college_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "college_name"}) a = player_cell.find("a") if player_cell else None player_name = player_cell.get_text(strip=True) if player_cell else "" player_url = BASE + a["href"] if a and a.get("href") else "" player_slug = a["href"].rstrip("/").split("/")[-1].replace(".html", "") if a else "" team = team_cell.get_text(strip=True) if team_cell else "" college = college_cell.get_text(strip=True) if college_cell else "" rnd = 1 if pick <= 30 else 2 rows_out.append( { "draft_year": year, "pick": pick, "round": rnd, "player_name": player_name, "nba_team": team, "college_or_prior": college, "bbref_player_url": player_url, "bbref_player_slug": player_slug, } ) return rows_out def _parse_one_hs_entry(entry: str) -> tuple[str, str, str]: """Parse 'School in City, State' → (school, city, state).""" entry = entry.strip(" ,") if not entry: return "", "", "" if " in " in entry: school, loc = entry.rsplit(" in ", 1) school = school.strip() loc = loc.strip() if "," in loc: city, state = loc.rsplit(",", 1) return school, city.strip(), state.strip() return school, loc, "" return entry, "", "" _HS_ENTRY_RE = re.compile( r"(.+?)\s+in\s+(.+?)(?=,\s*[^,]+?\s+in\s+|$)", re.IGNORECASE, ) def split_hs_entries(body: str) -> list[str]: """Split BBRef multi-school bio lines into individual 'School in City, Region' entries.""" body = body.strip() if not body: return [] matches = list(_HS_ENTRY_RE.finditer(body)) if not matches: return [body] return [ f"{m.group(1).strip().lstrip(',').strip()} in {m.group(2).strip()}" for m in matches ] def apply_hs_body(out: dict, body: str) -> None: parts = split_hs_entries(body) out["hs_all"] = " | ".join(parts) school, city, state = _parse_one_hs_entry(parts[-1]) out["high_school_finish"] = school out["hs_city"] = city out["hs_state"] = state def parse_player_hs(html: str) -> dict: """Return high_school_finish, hs_city, hs_state, birth_country_hint. Basketball-Reference uses: - 'High School: X in City, State' for a single school - 'High Schools: A in ..., B in ...' for multiple — we take the **last** entry as the finishing school (same convention as the 2026 case study). """ soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser") out = { "high_school_finish": "", "hs_city": "", "hs_state": "", "hs_raw": "", "birth_place": "", "hs_all": "", } meta = soup.find("div", id="meta") if meta is None: return out for p in meta.find_all("p"): text = " ".join(p.get_text(" ", strip=True).split()) if text.startswith("Born:"): out["birth_place"] = text.replace("Born:", "").strip() if text.startswith("High School:") or text.startswith("High Schools:"): out["hs_raw"] = text if text.startswith("High Schools:"): body = text[len("High Schools:") :].strip() else: body = text[len("High School:") :].strip() apply_hs_body(out, body) return out def parse_hs_raw_line(hs_raw: str) -> dict: """Re-parse a cached hs_raw line without network I/O.""" out = { "high_school_finish": "", "hs_city": "", "hs_state": "", "hs_raw": hs_raw or "", "hs_all": "", } if not hs_raw: return out text = hs_raw.strip() if text.startswith("High Schools:"): body = text[len("High Schools:") :].strip() elif text.startswith("High School:"): body = text[len("High School:") :].strip() else: body = text apply_hs_body(out, body) return out def fetch_year(session: requests.Session, year: int, cache: dict, force: bool) -> list[dict]: draft_path = RAW / f"draft_{year}.csv" url = f"{BASE}/draft/NBA_{year}.html" print(f"[{year}] draft page {url}") time.sleep(SLEEP_S) html = get_html(session, url) picks = parse_draft_table(html, year) print(f"[{year}] {len(picks)} picks") for i, row in enumerate(picks, 1): slug = row["bbref_player_slug"] if not slug: row.update( { "high_school_finish": "", "hs_city": "", "hs_state": "", "hs_raw": "", "birth_place": "", "hs_source": "missing_player_page", } ) continue if slug in cache and not force: hs = cache[slug] else: print(f" [{i}/{len(picks)}] player {row['player_name']} ({slug})") time.sleep(SLEEP_S) try: ph = get_html(session, row["bbref_player_url"]) hs = parse_player_hs(ph) hs["fetched"] = True except requests.HTTPError as e: hs = { "high_school_finish": "", "hs_city": "", "hs_state": "", "hs_raw": "", "birth_place": "", "error": str(e), } cache[slug] = hs if i % 5 == 0: save_cache(cache) row["high_school_finish"] = hs.get("high_school_finish", "") row["hs_city"] = hs.get("hs_city", "") row["hs_state"] = hs.get("hs_state", "") row["hs_raw"] = hs.get("hs_raw", "") row["birth_place"] = hs.get("birth_place", "") row["hs_source"] = "basketball_reference_player_page" fields = [ "draft_year", "pick", "round", "player_name", "nba_team", "college_or_prior", "high_school_finish", "hs_city", "hs_state", "hs_raw", "birth_place", "bbref_player_url", "bbref_player_slug", "hs_source", ] with draft_path.open("w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as f: w = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=fields, extrasaction="ignore") w.writeheader() w.writerows(picks) print(f"[{year}] wrote {draft_path}") return picks def main() -> None: ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--years", default="2016-2025", help="e.g. 2016-2025 or 2022,2023") ap.add_argument("--force", action="store_true", help="refetch player pages even if cached") args = ap.parse_args() years = parse_years(args.years) RAW.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) cache = load_cache() session = requests.Session() session.headers.update({"User-Agent": UA, "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9"}) for year in years: fetch_year(session, year, cache, force=args.force) save_cache(cache) print("done") if __name__ == "__main__": main()