add-cbs-league

Add CBS League

Adds a new sport or league to the CBS Sports NAPI catalog in sdv-internal-refs. The NAPI is a REST API with a self-describing registry. Data-backed endpoints are auth-free; live scoring and recruiting resources are gated or id-restricted.

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Provider Facts

Property	Value
Primary base	https://api.cbssports.com/napi
Cloud mirror	https://sdf-api.cbssports.cloud/napi
Auth	None for data resources; torq-token for live/recruiting
Self-docs	GET /resource/endpoint/registry
OpenAPI	c:\Users\saiem\Documents\GitHub-Data\sdv-dev\sdv-swagger\cbssports-napi.openapi.yaml
Body captures	c:\Users\saiem\Documents\sdv-internal-refs\cbs\captures\_sample\
OpenAPI gen	c:\Users\saiem\Documents\sdv-internal-refs\cbs\gen_napi_openapi.py

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Data-Backed Resource Paths (auth-free)

Resource	Path	Notes
League info	/resource/league/{leagueId}	League metadata
Season teams	/resource/season/teams/{seasonId}	All teams in a season
Team players	/resource/team/players/{teamId}	Current roster
Team standings	/resource/team/standings/{teamId}	Team standings block

Discover IDs by querying the registry endpoint first:

curl -s "https://api.cbssports.com/napi/resource/endpoint/registry" \
  | python -m json.tool | grep -i "<sport>"

This lists all registered endpoints with their parameter shapes — use it to identify leagueId / seasonId values before capturing.

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Step 1 — Discover IDs via the registry

curl -s "https://api.cbssports.com/napi/resource/endpoint/registry" \
  > cbs/captures/_sample/endpoint_registry.json

# Find league IDs
python -c "
import json
reg = json.load(open('cbs/captures/_sample/endpoint_registry.json'))
# inspect reg for your sport
"

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Step 2 — Capture data-backed resources

cbs/captures/_sample/<sport>/<league>/league.json
cbs/captures/_sample/<sport>/<league>/season_teams_<seasonId>.json
cbs/captures/_sample/<sport>/<league>/team_players_<teamId>.json
cbs/captures/_sample/<sport>/<league>/team_standings_<teamId>.json

SPORT="<sport>"
LEAGUE_ID="<leagueId>"
SEASON_ID="<seasonId>"
TEAM_ID="<teamId>"
BASE="https://api.cbssports.com/napi"

curl -s "$BASE/resource/league/$LEAGUE_ID" \
  | python -m json.tool > cbs/captures/_sample/$SPORT/$LEAGUE_ID/league.json

curl -s "$BASE/resource/season/teams/$SEASON_ID" \
  | python -m json.tool > cbs/captures/_sample/$SPORT/$LEAGUE_ID/season_teams_$SEASON_ID.json

curl -s "$BASE/resource/team/players/$TEAM_ID" \
  | python -m json.tool > cbs/captures/_sample/$SPORT/$LEAGUE_ID/team_players_$TEAM_ID.json

curl -s "$BASE/resource/team/standings/$TEAM_ID" \
  | python -m json.tool > cbs/captures/_sample/$SPORT/$LEAGUE_ID/team_standings_$TEAM_ID.json

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Step 3 — Regenerate the OpenAPI

After adding new captures, regenerate the OpenAPI spec from the live registry:

cd c:\Users\saiem\Documents\sdv-internal-refs
python cbs/gen_napi_openapi.py
# output: sdv-swagger/cbssports-napi.openapi.yaml (via symlink or copy)

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Step 4 — Write the returns doc

Create cbs/catalogs/<sport>_returns.md:

# CBS Sports NAPI — <Sport> Returns

Captured: YYYY-MM-DD  
League ID: `<leagueId>`  
Season ID: `<seasonId>`

## /resource/league/{leagueId}

**URL:** `https://api.cbssports.com/napi/resource/league/<leagueId>`  
**Top-level keys:** `["league", "conferences", "divisions"]`

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| league.id | string | |
...

## Divergence notes

- <shape differences vs other CBS leagues>

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Step 5 — Extend the CBS catalog

Open cbs/cbs_catalog.yaml and add:

- sport: <sport>
  league_id: <leagueId>
  season_id: <seasonId>
  resources_captured:
    - league
    - season_teams
    - team_players
    - team_standings
  capture_date: YYYY-MM-DD
  returns_doc: catalogs/<sport>_returns.md

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Gotchas

• Do not probe recruiting endpoints. A prior crawl spent 8,400+ requests attempting to reach recruiting data behind the torq gate — all 404s. If an endpoint requires a torq token, document it as gated and stop. The API registry will show auth: torq for those resources.
• The cloud mirror (sdf-api.cbssports.cloud) is functionally identical to the primary. Use the primary for captures; note the mirror in the catalog for redundancy.
• seasonId values are not always predictable. Derive them from the registry or from an existing known-good league response before running bulk captures.
• Live per-game scoring endpoints (/resource/game/...) require a game ID that is only meaningful during the season. Do not attempt off-season bulk captures of live resources.