ESPN Api link broken - Failing integration tests

[austinegri]

References

Integration tests are failing as the ESPN api link no longer returns game data:

• http://www.espn.com/nhl/gamecast/data/masterFeed?lang=en&isAll=true&gameId=400885300
• Failing tests
• Link usage here

Tested with current 2023 gameId and found link was broken for this as well so ESPN must've changed the url.

Acceptance Criteria

• Proper link found and replaced to fetch ESPN game data

[austinegri]

Perhaps ESPN playbyplay tab could be the answer here
i.e. https://www.espn.com/nhl/playbyplay/_/gameId/401459832

[HarryShomer]

Hey @austinegri!

Thanks for pointing this out. I actually noted this in one of my last commits (see b59c458). I don't think this should be a problem for most recent seasons as I believe the NHL has done a better job of recording the coordinates in the API game feed.

I'm currently very busy with work so I won't have a chance to take a closer look until the summer.

Regards,
Harry

[austinegri]

Thanks for the reply @HarryShomer!

My bad I didn't see the recent commit. No worries I understand work is priority, this is a side project and figured it would be good to have a tracking issue.

Do you know around which season would start to have most of the data?

[HarryShomer]

Do you know around which season would start to have most of the data?

Tbh I'm not sure. The NHL has been known to go back and fix old games.

Your best bet is to just try different seasons and see what happens.