Thread: [QSportsEvent] FIFA World Cup and Football App
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magnuslu is offline magnuslu
2010-04-09 , 23:27
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Originally Posted by Reflektorfalke View Post
Hi Magnuslu!

your app looks good, think its a nice start for a World Cup app.
But dont you think an app that retrieves data from an online database makes more sense?
Especially with the goal of having a full blown football app (supporting all major leagues as well as cups) in mind...
I am thinking of an app that allows browsing results, schedules, league tables...Maybe also support for a liveticker functionality!?
Indeed, finding a good and reliable data source is the main issue. There are a few. I have looked at www.elmarcador.com and they follow an impressive list of results. I'm just worried that parsing HTML pages will make the interface too fragile. Their RSS feed seems to be broken.

I contacted a data service provider, but they charge EUR 750 per month (!) for the data feed and there is no way I would be able to recuperate that amount. It is mainly used by betting firms, I understand.

As an alternative, I was actually considering allowing the app to serve that purpose in some way. I thought I'd store the results in the data store of the Google App Engine. Users following the game could update the results which would then be propagated to the other users in the spirit of Wikipedia.

If someone has any suggestions, I'll happily have a look!
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