bg-virtual-info

Gets board game information and compiles a json file of services they can be played on. This can then be displayed elsewhere.

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• requests
• bs4

Usage

Run: python get_info.py

Optional arguments:

• -v, --verbose: prints more information to the command line
• -s, --start: start scraping from a specific number, default = 1
• -e, --end: stop scraping at a sepcific number, default = 190000
• -r, --restart: acquires all data from scratch overwriting a local database
• -h, --help: displays help text

Limitations

• Does not handle JavaScript webpages
• Does not fully load the Steam page for official Tabletop Simulator DLC
• Does not search for Tabletop Simulator Workshop items
• Does not do any fuzzy matching

TODO

• Load JavaScript sites so that Tabletopia can be cached
• Cache all Tabletop Simulator DLC
• [Optional] Cache Tabletop Simulator Workshop items
• Google Search to try to find app version. This seems like something that may be already on BGG somewhere, just need to poke around.