Initial yfpy Research

[asharp02]

As part of the first iteration of the fantasy buddy app, we want to create a barebones matchup preview dashboard. Our first step should be to research the yfpy library and attempt to pull basic data from it. Our first data points that we want to make available to our users are basic matchup data specifically: 1) Who is the user matched up with 2) How many games does the user have vs how many games does the opponent have for a specific week

To Do:

• [ ] Research the yfpy library and figure out how auth works

• [ ] Query yfpy and fetch the above data points

  UPDATED:

• [ ] Investigate player stats by week query endpoint and determine whether it is functional for fantasy basketball categories (currently does not seem to be returning actual values for the player stats)

• [ ] How to get # of games per team? Per player? This is crucial in order to calculate accurate player stats aggregated based on # of games being played. This will be the main anchor point for further analysis (how to maximize games played and how to get an accurate player value for an individual week!)

[asharp02]

• [ ] Research the yfpy library and figure out how auth works

To be determined

• [ ] Query yfpy and fetch the above data points

Get the League/Basic setup

• GAME_CODE - in this case this would be "nba" since we are only supporting NBA fantasy leagues
• GAME_KEY - Numerical identifier for sport and season EX. NBA 2022-23 is 418
• LEAGUE_ID - In the case that a user is currently in multiple leagues, we must let user choose which league to select for dashboard (list of all leagues can be retrieved via get_user_leagues_by_game_key({GAME_KEY}))
• Add desired LEAGUE_ID as param in query obj: YahooFantasySportsQuery(Path("{PATH TO private.json}"), league_id={LEAGUE_ID}, game_code="nba")

Get generic league info including end week

• Allow user to specify which week to analyze (current or future, not past), use get_league_info() to find the current_week and end_week for a list of valid weeks to choose from.

Get player stats from team by week or season (Might be buggy for NBA categories, TODO: investigate further)

• get_team_roster_player_stats_by_week({TEAM_ID}, {WEEK}) to get stats for current team. We should default this to the last full week to base future #'s of off. We could either use weekly player stats OR/AND season player stats via get_team_roster_player_stats({TEAM_ID}) (SHOULD OFFER BOTH).

Find matchup info for specified week

• get_league_matchups_by_week({WEEK}) to find opponent

[asharp02]

• [ ] Investigate player stats by week query endpoint and determine whether it is functional for fantasy basketball categories (currently does not seem to be returning actual values for the player stats)

Seems somewhat functional in that it returns data but incomplete? Attempting to run the weekly player stats query (get_team_roster_player_stats_by_week) seems to be returning the last day of the week stats rather than the entire week.

• [ ] How to get # of games per team? Per player? This is crucial in order to calculate accurate player stats aggregated based on # of games being played. This will be the main anchor point for further analysis (how to maximize games played and how to get an accurate player value for an individual week!)

Consider using an NBA schedule API to get this data, doesn't seem like the Yahoo Fantasy API provides games played unless it is a stat tracked within the league's settings.