Shots

This section details all endpoints accessible via the Shots class in wnba_shots.py. Endpoints available include:

Endpoint	Description
pbp	Game play-by-play with basic fields, such as play description, score, period, and game time

Parameters

The Shots endpoints all share the same parameters:

Class Param	Definition	Valid Values	Required
game_id	10-digit string that represents a unique game. The format is two leading digits ('10'), followed by a season indicator number ('1' for preseason, '2' for regular season, '4' for the post-season), then the trailing digits of the season in which the game took place (e.g. '17' for the 2017 season). The following 5 digits increment from '00001' in order as the season progresses. For example, '1021600001' is the game_id of the first game of the 2016 WNBA regular season.		Yes
season	String of a one-year season in a YYYY format. For example, '2017' is a valid value of season and represents the 2017 WNBA season.	String of positive integer corresponding to a year	Yes

The following table contains features returned in the pbp table:

Column	Definition
cl	Game time remaining in the period in MM:SS format
de	Play description
epid	Player ID of the "extra" player (assisting player or player subbed in, for example)
etype	Event type indicators. Viewing the above seems to indicate that a 1 is a made shot, 2 is a missed shot, 3 is a free throw, 4 is a rebound, 5 is a turnover, 6 is a foul, 7 is a team violation, 8 is a substitution, 9 is a timeout, 10 is a jump ball, 12 is the start of a period, 13 is the end of a period, 20 is a stoppage
evt	Increasing integer indicating the order of events that occur in a game
hs	Home team score
locX	x-location of an on-court action
locY	y-location of an on-court action
mtype	Integer encoding the type of description on a play
oftid	Team ID of the offensive team
opid	Player ID of the player on the "opposing" team (opposing the player in pid)
pid	Player ID of the main actor on a play
tid	Team ID of the main actor on a play
vs	Visiting team score