{"categories":[{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http/8"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Extracts league, team, and player data from ESPN's Fantasy API for Football and Basketball leagues, supporting both public and private leagues.","skillfed_tags":["fantasy-sports","espn-integration"],"use_cases":["Build a dashboard or bot that pulls live Fantasy Football standings and player stats from your league","Analyze historical league data across multiple seasons for performance trends","Automate Fantasy Basketball trade analysis or draft preparation by querying league rosters","Export league data to a database or spreadsheet for further analysis","Create alerts or notifications based on roster changes or scoring updates"],"what_it_does":"espn-api is a Python wrapper around ESPN's Fantasy API that lets you programmatically fetch league, team, and player data from Fantasy Football and Basketball leagues. It handles authentication and API communication through requests and urllib3, abstracting away the complexity of ESPN's endpoints so you can work directly with league objects.\n\nYou instantiate a League object with a league ID and year, then query teams, players, and statistics. The package supports both public and private leagues. Hockey and Baseball APIs are noted as in development. It's actively maintained with recent commits and has no known security vulnerabilities.","worth_installing":"Yes. Low install friction, permissive MIT license, active maintenance, no vulnerabilities, and a clear use case for anyone managing or analyzing ESPN fantasy leagues. The two-dependency footprint is minimal. Verify that Hockey and Baseball APIs meet your needs if you plan to use those sports."},"id":"espn-api","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/espn-api","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/espn-api.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/espn-api/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-23","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"espn-api","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"ESPN API"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":77000,"position":14561,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.46.0"}