Brew Competition CLI

A command-line tool for fetching medal winners and competition metadata from multiple homebrew competition management platforms.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Supported Platforms
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Usage
• Output Formats
• Platform Detection
• Advanced Usage
• Architecture
• Documentation
• Development
• Contributing
• License

Features

• 🏆 Extract medal winners from competition results
• 📊 Support for multiple competition platforms (BCOEM, Reggie, BAP)
• 🔍 Filter results by brewer names or club
• 📁 Batch processing with config files
• 📤 Export to JSON or CSV formats
• 🎯 Automatic platform detection based on URL

Supported Platforms

Platform	Status	Features
BCOEM	✅ Full support	Medal results, competition metadata
Reggie	✅ Results only	Medal results parsing
BAP	✅ Results only	Medal results parsing via API

The CLI automatically detects which platform to use based on the competition URL.

Installation

npm install -g brewcompetition-cli

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/tmack8001/brewcompetition-cli.git
cd brewcompetition-cli
npm install
npm run build
npm link

Quick Start

Fetch all medal winners from a competition

brewcompetition medals https://reggiebeer.com/ReggieWeb.php?Web=1000882

Filter by specific brewers

brewcompetition medals <url> --brewers "John Doe,Jane Smith"

Filter by club

brewcompetition medals <url> --club "My Homebrew Club"

Export to CSV

brewcompetition medals <url> --output csv > results.csv

Usage

Commands

medals

Extract medal winners from competition results.

brewcompetition medals <url> [options]

Options:

• -b, --brewers <names> - Filter by specific brewer names (comma-separated)
• -c, --club <name> - Filter by club name
• -o, --output <format> - Output format: json (default) or csv
• -f, --file <path> - Use a config file for batch processing
• -h, --help - Show help

Examples:

# BCOEM competition
brewcompetition medals https://example-bcoem.com/results

# Reggie competition
brewcompetition medals https://reggiebeer.com/ReggieWeb.php?Web=1000882

# BAP competition
brewcompetition medals https://beerawardsplatform.com/2025-ash-copper-state-cup/results

# With filters
brewcompetition medals <url> --brewers "John Doe" --club "Homebrew Club" --output csv

competitions

Fetch competition metadata (BCOEM only).

brewcompetition competitions <url>

Returns information about registration dates, entry deadlines, drop-off windows, and awards ceremony details.

Config File Usage

For tracking multiple competitions, create a JSON config file:

{
  "brewers": ["John Doe", "Jane Smith"],
  "club": "My Homebrew Club",
  "competitions": [
    "https://example-bcoem.com/results",
    "https://reggiebeer.com/ReggieWeb.php?Web=1000882",
    "https://beerawardsplatform.com/2025-ash-copper-state-cup/results"
  ]
}

Then run:

brewcompetition medals --file my-competitions.json --output json

Output Formats

JSON (default)

{
  "01: Light Lager": [
    {
      "Place": "1st",
      "Entry Count": 12,
      "Brewer": "John Doe",
      "Entry Name": "Crisp Lager",
      "Style": "1A American Light Lager",
      "Club": "Homebrew Club"
    }
  ]
}

CSV

Table / Category|Place|Entry Count|Brewer|Entry Name|Style|Club
01: Light Lager|1st|12|John Doe|Crisp Lager|1A American Light Lager|Homebrew Club

Understanding Entry Count

The Entry Count column shows the total number of entries in each category, helping you understand how competitive each category was:

• High competition (30+ entries): Winning here is a significant achievement
• Medium competition (10-29 entries): Solid competition level
• Low competition (1-9 entries): Smaller category

This information is automatically extracted from all supported platforms and included in both JSON and CSV outputs.

Platform Detection

The tool automatically detects the platform based on the URL hostname:

• URLs containing reggiebeer.com → Reggie parser
• URLs containing beerawardsplatform.com → BAP parser
• All other URLs → BCOEM parser (default)

Advanced Usage

Pipe to jq for JSON processing

# Get only gold medals
brewcompetition medals <url> --output json | jq '.[] | .[] | select(.Place == "1st")'

# Count total medals
brewcompetition medals <url> --output json | jq '[.[] | .[]] | length'

Process multiple competitions

for url in \
  "https://reggiebeer.com/ReggieWeb.php?Web=1000882" \
  "https://beerawardsplatform.com/2025-ash-copper-state-cup/results"
do
  brewcompetition medals "$url" --brewers "Your Name" --output csv >> all-results.csv
done

Architecture

The tool uses a modular parser factory pattern:

User Input → Command Layer → Parser Factory → Platform Parser → Output

• Platform Detection: Analyzes URL hostname to determine platform
• Parser Factory: Returns appropriate parser for detected platform
• Platform Parsers: Each platform has its own parser implementing a common interface

See ARCHITECTURE.md for detailed architecture documentation.

Documentation

📚 Complete Documentation Index - Start here for all documentation

Quick Links

• Quick Start Guide - Get up and running in minutes
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions
• Usage Examples - Comprehensive examples and workflows
• Platform Support - Supported platforms and features
• Testing Guide - Testing and debugging

Technical Documentation

• Architecture Overview - System design and structure
• BCOEM Implementation - Traditional HTML parsing
• Reggie Implementation - JavaScript data extraction
• BAP Implementation - API-based parsing

Development

Build

npm run build

Test

npm test

Lint

npm run lint

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18.0.0
• npm or yarn package manager

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! We'd love your help making this tool better.

Quick Start for Contributors

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests
5. Submit a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines including:

• Development setup
• Coding standards
• Testing requirements
• How to add a new platform
• Documentation guidelines

Adding a New Platform

The tool is designed to be easily extensible. To add support for a new competition platform:

1. Create a parser implementing the CompetitionParser interface
2. Add platform detection logic
3. Register the parser in the factory
4. Add tests and documentation

See CONTRIBUTING.md for step-by-step instructions.

License

MIT

Author

Trevor Mack (@tmack8001)

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Issue Tracker