Getting requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request exception

[gyerli]

It is b/c invalid referrer. Possible solution is to add a user agent and referrer to request header. e.g.

headers = {'User-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0', 'referer': 'http://stats.nba.com/scores/'}

[mcdallas]

it's because of the user-agent not the referer. It was fixed a few days a go but I think it's not up in pypi yet. You might want to try to clone the repo instead.

[mcdallas]

Actually you are right it is the referer.

[rymc9384]

There are also issues with the TeamList and Player functions. They seem to be due to the '_endpoint' definitions in the classes. For the TeamList class, the true URL doesn't have the forward slash after 'commonteamyears'. I tried hard coding in the endpoint as 'commonteamyears?&LeagueID=00', but then the issue is the forward slash at the end of the request. The link to the JSON file for the TeamList class should be: 'http://stats.nba.com/stats/commonteamyears?&LeagueID=00'.

I believe that removing the final '/' from the 'BASE_URL' constant in the init.py should fix this, but I'm not sure of the repercussions on the rest of the functions.

EDIT:

I played around with different requests using the altered 'BASE_URL' and everything seems to work again.

[pawelad]

+1, but it seems to be fixed in git master branch. For now, you can install it directly from git, instead of PyPI v0.1a1 version, with pip install git+https://github.com/seemethere/nba_py.git command.

[rymc9384]

Yeah, I created a pull request with it fixed and seemethere merged it in. Thanks for the github install method!

[siebenecka]

Hello, I am very new to all of this and attempting to utilize this. I am running into a similar issue and was wondering if someone could give some details on how I could fix the problem? I installed the api using the pip command and I have all of that, but I am receiving the same "requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: http://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelog?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular+Season&PlayerID=2744&LeagueID=00" error when trying any of the examples and my own. However, when I click the link in the error it takes me to a page filled with the requested stats. Any help would be much appreciated.

[pawelad]

@siebenecka Did you install it via pip install git+https://github.com/seemethere/nba_py.git command? Could you share the code that you're using?

[siebenecka]

Oh my, I had to reinstall git and allow it to use command prompt...now it works after uninstalling the api and reinstalling with that command! Now I just need to mess around with it and get what I need, thanks for the help!

[pawelad]

Awesome - here's my usage if anyone's interested (getting all the players, their base stats and photos).

[seemethere]

Awesome usage @pawelad! I'll add it to a list of cool things made with nba_py!

[pawelad]

Awesome library @seemethere ; - ) Thanks, I've actually been kicking the idea for some time, but seeing your library made me finally sit down and do it : ) And let me know if/when you'll need help with something nba_py related. For example I've been thinking about creating a PR with player's photo URL's, but wasn't sure if it's a bit 'beyond' NBA Stats API.

[seemethere]

No if you have a good idea let it fly!