Python + NHL API to gather stats on every skater since 1917

NHL_Player_Bios.py

import json
import time
import random
import requests
from requests.exceptions import HTTPError

api_request_limit = 100
# total_num_players = 7274 # skaters
total_num_players = 201 # only using 201 for now so that we aren't hammering the api while testing
start_index = 0
base_api_url_skaters = "https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/bios?isAggregate=true&isGame=false&sort=[{%22property%22:%22playerId%22,%22direction%22:%22ASC%22}]&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed%3E=1&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2%20and%20seasonId%3C=20202021%20and%20seasonId%3E=19171918&start="

player_data = []
curr_data = {}

for curr_start_index in range(start_index, total_num_players, api_request_limit):
    api_url = base_api_url_skaters + str(curr_start_index)
    
    try:
        response = requests.get(api_url)
        # if successful, no exceptions
        response.raise_for_status()
    except HTTPError as http_err:
        print(f'HTTP error occurred: {http_err}')
    except Exception as err:
        print(f'Other error occurred: {err}')
    else:
        # print('Success!')
        curr_data = response.json()
        player_data = [*player_data, *curr_data['data']] 

    set_delay = (random.random() * 3) + 1
    time.sleep(set_delay)
    print(f'Counter: {curr_start_index}. Delay: {set_delay}. Record Count: {len(player_data)}.')

with open('nhl_skaters_bios_1917-2021.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(player_data,f)