SI.com JSON PBP data feed

[kohanz]

So it seems that in their transition to the SI.com domain (from sportsillustrated.cnn.com), the links from which I was previously able to get scoreboard and PBP JSON files (e.g. http://data.si.com/jsonp/basketball/nba ... board.json) no longer work. Does anyone know if they are still available, but at another URL? I wasn't able to find anything using Chrome developer tools.

I don't really want to switch to NBA.com if they still don't have first names or initials for the players in the PBP

[sndesai1]

this is the pbp:
http://www.si.com/pbp/liveupdate?json=1 ... score=true

for this game:
http://www.si.com/game/844051/play-by-play/

[kohanz]

this is the pbp:
http://www.si.com/pbp/liveupdate?json=1 ... score=true

for this game:
http://www.si.com/game/844051/play-by-play/

Many thanks!

[kohanz]

Hmm, to my dismay they also completely changed the structure of the JSON. Time for more code changes...

[kohanz]

Anyone else using the new SI data? For some queries (e.g. http://www.si.com/pbp/liveupdate?json=1 ... e=20131026), it returns "Array" instead of the expected JSON (e.g. http://www.si.com/pbp/liveupdate?json=1 ... e=20131025).

[kohanz]

Anyone else using the new SI data? For some queries (e.g. http://www.si.com/pbp/liveupdate?json=1 ... e=20131026), it returns "Array" instead of the expected JSON (e.g. http://www.si.com/pbp/liveupdate?json=1 ... e=20131025).

Yeah... so I'm stupid. That's what returned for dates on which there were no games.

[boooeee]

Thanks for the heads up on this. I use the SI JSON data for my win probability graphs, but it's been an offseason project of mine to switch to the NBA.com JSON data (so I can start adding seasons going back to ~1996-97).

But the SI data is so much easier to work with. Very nicely structured. The NBA.com data is a mess. The fact that they use just last names in the play descriptions makes me irrationally angry.