footty - football.db command line tool for national & int'l football club leagues (& cups) from around the world (bonus - incl. world cup, euro and more)

• home :: github.com/sportdb/footty
• bugs :: github.com/sportdb/footty/issues
• gem :: rubygems.org/gems/footty
• rdoc :: rubydoc.info/gems/footty

Usage - Who's playing today?

The footty command line tool lets you query the online football.db via HTTP for upcoming or past matches. For example:

$ footty         # Defaults to today's English Premier League 2024/25 matches

prints on Sep 27, 2024:

Upcoming matches:
Sat Sep/28 12:30   (in 1d)    Newcastle United FC    vs    Manchester City FC     Matchday 6
Sat Sep/28 15:00   (in 1d)             Arsenal FC    vs    Leicester City FC      Matchday 6
Sat Sep/28 15:00   (in 1d)           Brentford FC    vs    West Ham United FC     Matchday 6
Sat Sep/28 15:00   (in 1d)             Chelsea FC    vs    Brighton & Hove Albion  Matchday 6
Sat Sep/28 15:00   (in 1d)             Everton FC    vs    Crystal Palace FC      Matchday 6
Sat Sep/28 15:00   (in 1d)   Nottingham Forest FC    vs    Fulham FC              Matchday 6
Sat Sep/28 17:30   (in 1d) Wolverhampton Wanderers FC    vs    Liverpool FC           Matchday 6
Sun Sep/29 14:00   (in 2d)        Ipswich Town FC    vs    Aston Villa FC         Matchday 6
Sun Sep/29 16:30   (in 2d)   Manchester United FC    vs    Tottenham Hotspur FC   Matchday 6
Mon Sep/30 20:00   (in 3d)        AFC Bournemouth    vs    Southampton FC         Matchday 6

Use tomorrow or t or +1 to print tomorrow's matches e.g.:

$ footty tomorrow    # -or-
$ footty t

Use yesterday or y or -1 to print yesterday's matches e.g.:

$ footty yesterday    # -or-
$ footty y

Use upcoming or up or u to print all upcoming matches e.g.:

$ footty upcoming    # -or-
$ footty up

Use past or p to print all past matches e.g.:

$ footty past    # -or-
$ footty p

That's it. Enjoy the beautiful game.

Bonus - More Leagues & Cups - Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, La Liga & More

Pass in the league code to display the Germand Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga, etc:

$ footty de        #  who's playing in the bundesliga today?
$ footty es        #  who's playing in la liga today?
...

League codes include:

• de => Bundesliga
• es => La Liga
• it => Serie A
• fr => Ligue 1
• ...

More

• world => World Cup
• euro => "Euro" - European Championship

See footty/dataset for the complete built-in list of data sources (and league keys).

Trivia

Why tty? tty stands for teletype (tty) writer and is the old traditional (short) name for the unix command line.

Install

Just install the gem:

$ gem install footty

License

The footty scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Questions? Comments?

Yes, you can. More than welcome. See Help & Support »