<OPENDOTA/> API

A python interface for <OPENDOTA/> API

The OpenDota class provided with the package serves as a python interface for the original OpenDota API in the form of a thin wrapper. The class assumes some familiarity with the OpenDota API.

All method calls return serializable python objects, as return by the API, in most cases a dict or a list. Response data is stored as JSON in a local directory (Default: ~/dota2), to prevent the load on OpenDota API.

• Free software: MIT license
• Documentation: https://pyopendota.readthedocs.io.

Features

• Transparent wrapper for majority of the API calls
• Ability to authenticate using API key
• In-built and cusomizable limit to protect against frequent API calls
• Local file-based storage for frequent requests
• Basic CLI using fire

Usage

Use <OPENDOTA/> API in a project

import opendota

# Initialize the API-connection object
client = opendota.OpenDota()

Get Common Entities

client.get_matches('match-id')
client.get_player('player-id')
client.get_team('team-id')

Search Functionality

players = client.search_player('Dendi')
teams = client.search_team('Alliance')
heroes = client.search_hero('Crystal')
leagues = client.search_league('International')

PostgreSQL Query

OpenDota API supports arbitrary PostgreSQL query.

Check Database Schema:

client.get_schema()           # Lists all tables
client.get_schema('matches')  # Lists schema for a specific table

Arbitrary PostgreSQL Query:

client.explorer("select * from matches where limit 1")

Use <OPENDOTA/> API Command Line Interface

Information about OpenDota class initialization:

opendota --help

Information about OpenDota methods:

opendota - --help

Run methods

opendota search_team Virtus
opendota get_match 4080778303

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About OpenDota API

The OpenDota API provides Dota 2 related data including advanced match data extracted from match replays.

OpenDota API Documentation: https://docs.opendota.com/

Credits

• This package uses data provided by The OpenDota API.