bgg_api/bgg_connection.py

import requests
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from pydantic import HttpUrl

from classes.boardgame import BoardGame, BoardGameExpansion

def url_to_xml_object(url: HttpUrl) -> ET.Element:
    r = requests.get(url)
    root = ET.fromstring(r.content)
    return root


def get_boardgame(boardgame_id: int) -> BoardGame:
    url : str = "https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/thing?id={}&stats=true".format(boardgame_id)
    boardgame_xml_object : ET.Element = url_to_xml_object(url)
    
    boardgame_name = boardgame_xml_object.find('item').find('name').get('value')

    requested_boardgame = BoardGame(
        id = boardgame_id,
        name = boardgame_name,
        description = 'Some description',
        image_url = 'https://bordspellen.yarnecoppens.com/static/favicon.ico',
        thumbnail_url = 'https://bordspellen.yarnecoppens.com/static/favicon.ico',
        year_published = 9999,
        min_players = 0,
        max_players = 99,
        min_playing_time = 0,
        max_playing_time = 99,
        min_age = 0,
        all_expansion_ids = [0,1,2,3]
    )

    return requested_boardgame