euro2016.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require "json"
require "open-uri"

json = open("http://api.football-data.org/v1/soccerseasons/424/fixtures").read
fixtures = JSON.parse(json)

fixtures = fixtures["fixtures"]

finished_recently = fixtures.select do |f|
  time_since_start = Time.now.utc - Time.parse(f["date"])
  # if the game started 2h00m–2h59m ago (to allow for extra time or any
  # other delays), then we're interested; this should mean only
  # displaying games once when run hourly
  within_two_hours = (7_200...10_800).cover?(time_since_start)
  has_been_played  = f["status"] != "TIMED" 

  within_two_hours && has_been_played
end

if finished_recently.empty?
  puts "No fixtures finished recently"
  exit 0
end

finished_recently.each do |f|
  puts "%s %d - %d %s" % [f["homeTeamName"],
                          f["result"]["goalsHomeTeam"],
                          f["result"]["goalsAwayTeam"],
                          f["awayTeamName"]]
end