IIHF Calendar Scraper

This script scrapes the IIHF website (https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm/schedule) for game schedules and creates an .ical calendar file with all the games.

Functionality

The script uses the BeautifulSoup library to parse the HTML of the IIHF website and extract the game details. It then creates a calendar event for each game and adds it to an iCalendar file.

You can customize the script to suit your needs:

• Year: Specify year as parameter when executing script, if parameter is not provided will use current year.
• Event Types: The script supports multiple event types: wm (World Men), ww (Women's Worlds), wm20 (World Men U20), wm18 (World Men U18), and ww18 (World Women's U18). By default, it processes all event types. You can specify a single event type by passing it as a command-line argument.
• Output Time Zone: The script converts the game times to the 'Europe/Riga' timezone. You can change this to your preferred timezone by modifying the localTimezone variable.
• Favorite Team: You can set your favorite team by modifying the favoriteTeam variable. The script will then set a reminder 24 hours before each game that involves your favorite team, allowing you to plan in advance.

Dependencies

This script requires the following Python libraries:

• beautifulsoup4
• requests
• pytz
• icalendar
• requests

You can install these dependencies using pip, the Python package installer. Open a terminal and type:

pip install -r requirements.txt

How to Run

To run the script, open a terminal in the directory where the script is located and type:

python.exe IIHF_calendar_scraper.py

This will generate calendars for all event types for the current year.

To specify a different year:

python IIHF_calendar_scraper.py 2025

To specify a different year and event type:

python IIHF_calendar_scraper.py 2025 wm

License

• GPL-3.0