Fetch data with gameID

utils.py

def fetch_data_w_gameid(json_dir, gm_id, datatype="boxscore"):
    """
    Download a datafile based on gameID as downloaded from NBA API & saves to file
    :param json_dir: Directory for saving downloaded JSON
    :param gm_id: NBA game ID
    :param datatype: What data types to download - determines endpoint to use
    :return:
    """
    from nba_api.stats.endpoints import boxscoreadvancedv2
    from nba_api.live.nba.endpoints import playbyplay

    if not os.path.exists(json_dir):
        os.makedirs(json_dir)

    if str(gm_id)[:2] != '00':
        gm_id = '00' + str(gm_id)

    dl_path = os.path.join(json_dir, gm_id + ".json")
    if os.path.exists(dl_path):
        logger.info(f"JSON found for game {gm_id}, skipping download.")
    else:
        try:
            logger.info(f"Downloading data for game {gm_id}")
            if datatype == "boxscore":
                response = boxscoreadvancedv2.BoxScoreAdvancedV2(game_id=gm_id)
            elif datatype == "pbp":
                response = playbyplay.PlayByPlay(gm_id)
            else:
                logger.warning("No data type supplied, downloading box score data by default")
                response = boxscoreadvancedv2.BoxScoreAdvancedV2(game_id=gm_id)

            content = json.loads(response.get_json())
            if type(content) == dict:
                with open(dl_path, 'w') as f:
                    json.dump(content, f)
                logger.info(f"Got data for game {gm_id}")
            else:
                logger.info(f"Saved data for game {gm_id} at {dl_path}")
        except:
            logger.error(f"Error getting data for game {gm_id}")
            return False

    return True