NHL Postal Lookup

Returns broadcast region / geo-lookup information for a given postal (or ZIP) code from the NHL web service endpoint postal-lookup/{postalCode}. Used internally by NHL.com to determine local broadcast rights.

Usage

nhl_postal_lookup(postal_code)

Arguments

postal_code

Character. Postal or ZIP code to look up (e.g., "10001" for New York City).

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
stateProvince	character	State or province for the postal code.
networkType	character	Broadcast network type for the region.
county	character	County for the postal code.
postalCode	character	Postal or ZIP code looked up.
country	character	Country for the postal code.
city	character	City for the postal code.
teamName.default	character	Local broadcast team name (default).
teamName.fr	character	Local broadcast team name (French).

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(nhl_postal_lookup(postal_code = "10001"))
#>   stateProvince networkType   county postalCode country      city
#> 1            NY      50 MHT New York      10001      US Manhattan
#> 2            NY      50 MHT New York      10001      US Manhattan
#> 3            NY      50 MHT New York      10001      US Manhattan
#>     teamName.default           teamName.fr
#> 1  New Jersey Devils  Devils du New Jersey
#> 2 New York Islanders Islanders de New York
#> 3   New York Rangers   Rangers de New York
# }