how-many-players.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
How many unique, simultaneous, players can my board game collection support?
"""

import sys

from boardgamegeek import BGGClient

username = sys.argv[1]


def query_bgg(user):

    bgg = BGGClient()
    collection = bgg.collection(user_name=user, exclude_subtype='boardgameexpansion', own=True)

    total_games = len(collection)
    total_players = 0

    for item in collection.items:
        total_players += item.max_players

    return total_games, total_players

if __name__ == '__main__':

    total_games, total_players = query_bgg(username)

    print 'TOTAL GAMES:', total_games
    print 'TOTAL PLAYERS:', total_players