I think it's pretty safe to say @FRCFMS won't be a thing this year (unless it becomes active tomorrow).
If you want the data in real-time, The Blue Alliance API includes
webhooks, where TBA will push a POST request to your server whenever a match score gets posted, say. You can be notified about
these events. This lets you avoid polling an API repeatedly. You can also sign up for the "firehose" - get notified for data about every event in a year on the
Account Overview Page, subscription tab.
However, if you need more static data, the TBA
API can give you that, as well.
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
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I wouldn't rely on scraping those pages this year, take a look at this comment in the source
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