Issues with 19/20 season, game id 0020200577

[EuanDewar]

The scraper seems to be having issues with this current season. Specifically something to do with the game of id 0020200577.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#9>", line 1, in <module>
    ns.scrape_date_range('2019-10-22', '2020-02-10', data_format='csv')
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\nba_scraper\nba_scraper.py", line 78, in scrape_date_range
    scraped_games.append(sf.main_scrape(game))
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\nba_scraper\scrape_functions.py", line 688, in main_scrape
    game_df = scrape_pbp(v2_dict)
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\nba_scraper\scrape_functions.py", line 112, in scrape_pbp
    if pbp_v2_df.game_id.unique()[0] == "0020200577":

Thanks

[mcbarlowe]

Can you please post the full stack trace including the Error?

[EuanDewar]

Apologies I thought I had. Stupidly missed out a line.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#9>", line 1, in <module>
    ns.scrape_date_range('2019-10-22', '2020-02-10', data_format='csv')
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\nba_scraper\nba_scraper.py", line 78, in scrape_date_range
    scraped_games.append(sf.main_scrape(game))
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\nba_scraper\scrape_functions.py", line 688, in main_scrape
    game_df = scrape_pbp(v2_dict)
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\lib\site-packages\nba_scraper\scrape_functions.py", line 112, in scrape_pbp
    if pbp_v2_df.game_id.unique()[0] == "0020200577":
IndexError: index 0 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 0

[mcbarlowe]

Does it scrape any games before it errors out? Because it could be trying to scrape the canceled game between the Lakers and the Clippers which returns an empty API call on the play by play. Which would lead to that error

[EuanDewar]

Yep it does, works fine up until that point. Likely that's the culprit then

[mcbarlowe]

Ok that game was on 1/27/2020 so you can scrape up to that date then skip it and continue. You can then manually scrape the game_ids from the games you need. You can get those ids from here https://stats.nba.com/scores/01/27/2020 they'll be in the url for each game play by play. So for the Rockets/Jazz game that day here's the link https://stats.nba.com/game/0021900698/playbyplay/ and then you would pass 21900698 in a list with the other games to the non date range scraper function to get them. Closing this Issue please post if you have further problems

[EuanDewar]

Turns out it isn't that game. It's this one, which is from 2003 and yet appears to be getting pulled in?

https://stats.nba.com/game/0020200577/playbyplay/

[mcbarlowe]

Ok I'll take a look at this missed the email with your comment. Reopening. Also are you absolutely sure its that game id because that line of code if pbp_v2_df.game_id.unique()[0] == "0020200577": is just a check that then does stuff if it is that game. What was the last game_id you are able to scrape before the error appeared?

[mcbarlowe]

Haven't been able to replicate this issue, still believe its from trying to scrape the canceled game. Closing.