Curious about ESPN API...

[CMorton737]

So I'm a little confused. I wasn't able to get this working on my machine, but before I dig into it too much... I'm curious how you were able to use the ESPN Fantasy Football API, seeing as they stopped issuing new API keys in 2012, and cut off all use in 2014 . Furthermore, I haven't been able to find any information online that would suggest that ESPN has a Fantasy Football API available at this moment. So I'm just curious if, and how, this works on the back-end?

[rbarton65]

Hello!

Thanks for taking interest in espnff! As you stated, ESPN doesn't support a public API. I happened to find the URL of their private API and was able to gather data in json format that way. Can you provide me with the steps you used to try to install espnff? What doesn't work?

[CMorton737]

I did a pypi install and cloned the repo, both gave me the same error. However, it was specific to my league. When I tried another league it worked great! Here is the error I received

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "playground.py", line 2, in <module>
    league = espnff.League(203986,2016)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/espnff/espnff.py", line 30, in __init__
    self._fetch_league()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/espnff/espnff.py", line 54, in _fetch_league
    self._fetch_settings(data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/espnff/espnff.py", line 80, in _fetch_settings
    self.settings = Settings(data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/espnff/espnff.py", line 195, in __init__
    self._fetch_tie_rules(data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/espnff/espnff.py", line 253, in _fetch_tie_rules
    self.playoff_seed_tie_rule = playoff_tie_map[playoff_id]
KeyError: -1

So my next question is... were you able to find any other URLs other than leagueSettings and scoreboard? Specifically, were you able to find a way to access json data for a Fantasy teams lineup, whether it's a current lineup or lineups from prior matchups?

[rbarton65]

Sorry for being MIA on this for a bit - it looks like I'm going to have to find a way to populate classes with an exception rule.

I'm going to continue working on reverse engineering the API, I haven't exactly found those specific endpoints yet, however I'm sure they're out there.

[rbarton65]

Looks like the map I had for playoff_seed_tie_rule wasn't correct. I fixed it locally and am running tests before releasing a patch.

[rbarton65]

This is fixed in new v1.3.1. Closing issue.