Okay, so today I wanna share my experience messing around with “wwe hq”. It was a fun little project, and I learned a bunch along the way.
First off, what exactly is “wwe hq”? Well, it’s not the actual WWE headquarters, haha! It’s more like a code name for a project I was working on that involved collecting and organizing a ton of data – imagine a huge wrestling database. Think match results, wrestler profiles, title histories, the whole shebang.
So, the very first thing I did was figure out where to get all this data. I spent a good chunk of time just googling and browsing wrestling websites. There are surprisingly many fan-made wikis and databases out there, some more accurate than others. I ended up scraping data from a few different sources, trying to find the most complete and reliable information.
Next up: data cleaning. Oh man, this was a pain. The data from different sources was all formatted differently. Dates were inconsistent, wrestler names were misspelled, and some information was just plain wrong. I spent hours writing scripts (mostly Python) to standardize the data and fix errors. It was tedious, but crucial for making the database actually useful.
Then came the database design. I decided to use a relational database (PostgreSQL, if you’re curious). I sketched out a schema with tables for wrestlers, matches, titles, events, and so on. I had to think carefully about how these tables would relate to each other, to make querying the data as efficient as possible.
Building the database was next. I used SQL to create the tables and import the cleaned data. This involved writing a lot of INSERT statements and dealing with foreign key constraints. It was a good refresher on SQL syntax and database management.
After the database was set up, I started building a simple web interface to access the data. I used Flask (a Python web framework) to create the backend and HTML/CSS/JavaScript for the frontend. The goal was to let users search for wrestlers, view their profiles, and see their match history.
- The search functionality was pretty basic at first – just a simple text search on wrestler names.
- But later I added more advanced filtering options, like searching by date range, opponent, or match type.
One of the biggest challenges was dealing with data updates. Wrestling is a constantly evolving world, with new matches happening every week. So, I needed a way to keep the database up-to-date. I ended up writing a script that would automatically scrape data from the web and update the database on a regular basis. This wasn’t perfect, but it helped to keep the data reasonably current.
Finally, I deployed the web app to a cloud server. I used Heroku, which is a pretty easy platform for deploying Python apps. It wasn’t super fancy, but it worked! I could access the database from anywhere and show it off to my wrestling-fan friends.
Looking back, there are a few things I would do differently.
- I would have spent more time on data validation upfront.
- I would have used a more robust web framework with better security features.
- And I would have definitely added more unit tests to the code.
But overall, “wwe hq” was a really valuable learning experience. I got to practice my data scraping, database design, and web development skills. And I now have a pretty cool wrestling database to show for it. Who knows, maybe I’ll turn it into a real website someday!
