NHL — additional Python functions — Play-by-play processing

nhl_pbp_disk(game_id, path_to_json)

Read a saved ESPN NHL play-by-play payload from disk.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`game_id`			The ESPN game id; the file read is `{game_id}.json`.
`path_to_json`			The directory holding the saved payloads.

Returns

The payload exactly as saved (the raw ESPN summary JSON), ready for helper_nhl_pbp.