Made the thing

README.md

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+# Laser Proxy
+
+A thing to simplify using Laser Scouter. Horray!
+
+It forwards all requests to TBA using the API key provided during install.

install.sh

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+#! /bin/bash
+
+if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
+    echo Run as sudo!
+    exit
+fi
+
+echo Please enter your Blue Alliance API key to be used
+read -r key
+echo "$key" >> key.txt
+python3 -m venv env
+mkdir /opt/laserproxy
+cp ./key.txt /opt/laserproxy
+cp ./requirements.txt /opt/laserproxy
+cp ./laserproxy.py /opt/laserproxy
+cp ./laserproxy.service /opt/laserproxy
+cp ./laserproxy.sh /opt/laserproxy
+cp -r ./env /opt/laserproxy
+chown -R root /opt/laserproxy
+chmod -R 755 /opt/laserproxy
+ln -sf /opt/laserproxy/laserproxy.sh /usr/bin/
+chown root /usr/bin/laserproxy.sh
+chmod 755 /usr/bin/laserproxy.sh 
+ln -sf /opt/laserproxy/laserproxy.service /etc/systemd/system/
+chown root /etc/systemd/system/laserproxy.service
+chmod 755 /etc/systemd/system/laserproxy.service
+systemctl enable laserproxy
+systemctl start laserproxy
+echo All done!
+echo To change the API key edit /opt/laserproxy/key.txt

laserproxy.py

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+import socket
+import sys
+from flask import Flask
+import requests
+from datetime import datetime
+
+TEAM_URL = "https://www.thebluealliance.com/api/v3/team/frc$teamNumber$/events/$year$"
+EVENT_URL = "https://www.thebluealliance.com/api/v3/event/$eventCode$/teams"
+with open('key.txt', 'r') as f:
+    API_KEY = f.read()
+HEADERS = {'X-TBA-Auth-Key': API_KEY.strip()}
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
+def home():
+    return "hi"
+
+@app.route('/teamsearch/<int:num>', methods=['GET'])
+def team(num):
+    u = TEAM_URL.replace('$teamNumber$', str(num))
+    if datetime.now().month >= 9:
+        u = u.replace('$year$', str((datetime.now().year)+1))
+    else:
+        u = u.replace('$year$', str(datetime.now().year))
+    response = requests.get(u, headers=HEADERS)
+    return response.json()
+
+@app.route('/eventsearch/<string:code>', methods=['GET'])
+def event(code):
+    u = EVENT_URL.replace('$eventCode$', code)
+    response = requests.get(u, headers=HEADERS)
+    return response.json()
+
+app.run(port=2077)

laserproxy.service

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+[Unit]
+Description=Laser Scouter API Proxy
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/laserproxy.sh
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec = 5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

laserproxy.sh

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+#! /bin/bash
+
+cd /opt/laserproxy || exit
+source env/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+exec python3 laserproxy.py

requirements.txt

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+aniso8601==10.0.1
+blinker==1.9.0
+certifi==2025.11.12
+charset-normalizer==3.4.4
+click==8.3.1
+Flask==3.1.2
+Flask-RESTful==0.3.10
+idna==3.11
+itsdangerous==2.2.0
+Jinja2==3.1.6
+MarkupSafe==3.0.3
+pytz==2025.2
+requests==2.32.5
+six==1.17.0
+urllib3==2.6.2
+Werkzeug==3.1.4