bgg100x1challenge.py

# This script generates a list of all of the new games you play in a month with a specific person (your partner).
# An example output is available here: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/201514/item/4608920#item4608920
# More information on this script can be found at www.techtrek.io

from boardgamegeek import BoardGameGeek
from collections import Counter
import datetime, unicodedata

def strip_accents(s):
    return ''.join(c for c in unicodedata.normalize('NFD', s)
                  if unicodedata.category(c) != 'Mn')

def translate(name):
    try:
        name = name.translate(None, "'&-:")
    except TypeError as e:
        name = unicode(name)
        name = strip_accents(name)
    name = name.encode("ascii", "ignore")
    name = name.replace("'", "")
    return name                  

# USER INPUTS
m = 8     # Month number (1 = January, 2 = February, etc)
y = 2016    # Year number (2015, 2016, etc)
bggid = 'mad4hatter'    # BGG username
partnername = 'Troy'        # name of the person you want to track


# connect to BGG
bgg = BoardGameGeek()
myplays = bgg.plays(bggid).plays


     
mgames = []
ygames = []
newplays = []
gameids = []

for games in reversed(myplays):

    temp = games.players
    partnertest = ['yes' for players in temp if players.name == partnername]
    if partnertest == ['yes']:        
        if games.date.year == y:
            if games.date.month == m:  
                mgames.append(games.game_name)
                gameids.append(games.game_id)
                
                newplayers = ''
                
                aind = [item for item in range(len(games.players)) if games.players[item].name == 'Allison']

                if games.players[aind[0]].new == '1':
                    newplays.append(games.game_name)
            elif games.date.month < m: ygames.append(games.game_name)
        
                    
               

mgames = [game for game in mgames if game not in ygames] # get the games that you played for the first time this year
mgames_unique = list(set(mgames)) #make unique
mgames_unique.sort() # make list alphabetical
print "[u][b]" + datetime.date(1900,m,1).strftime('%B') + "[/u][/b]"
print "[i]Stats:      Fun Facts: [/i]"

count = Counter(mgames)
freq_list= count.values()
max_cnt = max(freq_list)
total = freq_list.count(max_cnt)
mostplayed = count.most_common(total)
mostplayed = [elem[0] for elem in mostplayed]
d = dict(zip(mgames, gameids))

for games in mgames_unique:
    out = ""
    url="[url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/"
    url = url + str(d[games]) + "]"
    if games in newplays:
        out += ":star:"
    if games in mostplayed:
        out += ":thumbsup:"
        
    print(out + url + translate(games) + "[/url]")