Okay, so, today I decided to mess around with building a fantasy football lineup analyzer. I’ve been playing fantasy football for years, and I always find myself second-guessing my lineup decisions. So I thought, “Why not try to build something to help with that?”
Getting Started
First, I needed to figure out where to get the data. I stumbled upon this site, *, and it looked like they had some tools or APIs, maybe. I’m not really a coder, but I figured I could at least explore it.
Digging In
I spent some time poking around the FantasyNerds site. It mentioned something about retrieving your league’s roster and getting “sit/start” suggestions. That sounded exactly like what I wanted! I mean, who wouldn’t want advice on who to start and who to bench each week?
Experimenting (aka Fumbling Around)
I’m not going to lie, this part was a bit of a mess. I tried to figure out how to actually get the data from their site into, well, anywhere I could use it. I messed around with some online tools, trying to see if I could somehow “scrape” the data. But that was a complete bust.
Hitting a Wall (and then an Idea!)
Honestly, I almost gave up. It felt like I was in way over my head. I was about to throw in the towel, then I thought maybe I should look to see if they had some sort of export option. Not really the automated solution I had in mind, but if I could get a simple file, I could work with that.
Finally Some Progress
After more clicking and searching I finally found it. Turns out I can input data into a spreadsheet. This isn’t as bad as I thought.
The Result (So Far…)
Well, I have my data in a spreadsheet, and I’ve started to organize it by position, player, and some basic stats. It’s not an “analyzer” yet, but at least I have a starting point. It’s definitely a work in progress, and I’m sure I’ll have to tweak it a lot as the season goes on. But hey, at least I’m learning something new, right?
I am looking forward to adding more features as I learn.
