🏎️ racecontrol-client

A Lightweight, Modular Python Client Library for Data, Analytics, and Application Backends

racecontrol-client is a clean, extensible Python package that provides the data-access layer, transformation logic, and analytical services used by applications such as RaceControl, dashboards, automation scripts, and future API servers.

This library is designed to be framework-agnostic, UI-independent, and easily reusable across multiple projects.

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✨ Features

• 📡 Unified API wrapper for external data sources
• 🔍 Structured data → transformed analysis using service layers
• 🛠️ Utility modules for HTTP, configuration, and shared helpers
• 📦 Installable Python package (pip install)
• 🌱 Clean architecture using data/, services/, and utils/
• 🔁 Designed for use in apps, dashboards, scripts, and automation workflows

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📁 Project Structure

racecontrolClient/
    ├─ data/         → API providers, data fetching, raw ingestion
    ├─ services/     → Business logic, analysis, scoring, transformations
    ├─ utils/        → Config, constants, HTTP helpers
    └─ init.py   → Public API exports

This structure ensures the client library remains decoupled, testable, and extendable.

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🚀 Installing

Local development installation:

pip install -e .

Uninstall:

pip uninstall racecontrolClient -y

🧩 Using the Client

from racecontrolClient import (
    get_schedule,
    get_driver_standings,
    get_constructor_standings,
    get_fantasy_scores,
)

schedule = get_schedule("2025")
standings = get_driver_standings("2025")
scores = get_fantasy_scores("2025")

🛠️ Development

Installing dependencies

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Project guidelines

• All business logic belongs in services/
• All data access belongs in data/
• All shared helpers belong in utils/
• Avoid placing UI or framework logic in this repo

🧪 Versioning

Follow Semantic Versioning:

• 1.0.0 — First stable release
• 1.1.x — New features, no breaking changes
• 2.0.0 — Breaking API changes

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open issues or pull requests on GitHub.

Please follow the guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md, which explains:

• Branching strategy
• Opening pull requests
• Adding tests
• Updating the public API

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.