A web scraper for the NYT Mini Leaderboard
The CSV returns the following data (at time of scraping): Position, Name, Time, and Time in seconds
If a player has yet to complete the crossword, the time and time in seconds will be output as "--" and the position will be "�"
leaderboard.csv
| Position | Name | Time | Time in seconds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name1 | 0:33 | 33 |
| 2 | Name2 | 0:37 | 37 |
| 3 | Name3 | 0:38 | 38 |
| 4 | Name4 | 0:58 | 58 |
| 5 | Name5 | 1:22 | 82 |
| 6 | Name6 | 1:23 | 83 |
| � | Name7 | -- | -- |
| � | Name8 | -- | -- |
| � | Name9 | -- | -- |
| � | Name10 | -- | -- |
| � | Name11 | -- | -- |
| � | Name12 | -- | -- |
- Install requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Go to headers in the python script and add your headers values
- This can be obtained by first going signing into nyt and going to https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/leaderboards
- Then open developer tools (Ctrl+shift+I) and go to the network tab
- Refresh the page and scroll up to find the request called leaderboards, right click leaderboards -> Copy -> copy as cURL (bash)
- Then insert the cURL to https://curlconverter.com/, select language as Python, and add your header values to the script
headers = {
*Insert values here*
}
