Client Object¶

class soccermetrics.rest.SoccermetricsRestClient(account=None, api_key=None, base_uri='https://api-connect.soccermetrics.net')[source]¶

A client object for accessing the Soccermetrics REST API.

Attribute	Description
root	Service root
link	Link to resources
validation	Validation resources
players	Players resource
managers	Managers resource
referees	Referees resource
club	Club match resources
natl	Nat’l team match resources
analytics	Match analytics resources

Parameters:	account (string or None) – Soccermetrics API Application ID from your account dashboard. api_key (string or None) – Soccermetrics API Application key from your account dashboard.

soccermetrics.rest.find_credentials()[source]¶

Search for API credentials in current environment.

Looks for SOCCERMETRICS_APP_ID and SOCCERMETRICS_APP_KEY among the environment variables. Returns a (None, None) tuple if neither variable is not present in the environment.

Returns:	(account, api_key) or (None, None)

Exceptions¶

exception soccermetrics.SoccermetricsException[source]¶

Base class for exceptions in Soccermetrics applications.

Derived from Exception.

exception soccermetrics.SoccermetricsRestException(status, uri, msg='')[source]¶

Custom exception for Soccermetrics REST API errors.

The exception is raised with the following message:

**HTTP ERROR** <error code>: <error message>
<URI>