Basketball Add Player News

espn_api/basketball/league.py

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
                     matchup.away_team = team
         return box_data
 
-    def player_info(self, name: str = None, playerId: Union[int, list] = None) -> Union[Player, List[Player]]:
+    def player_info(self, name: str = None, playerId: Union[int, list] = None, include_news = False) -> Union[Player, List[Player]]:
         ''' Returns Player class if name found '''
 
         if name:
@@ -209,7 +209,12 @@
 
         pro_schedule = self._get_all_pro_schedule()
 
+        if include_news:
+            news = {}
+            for id in playerId:
+                news[id] = self.espn_request.get_player_news(id)
+
         if len(data['players']) == 1:
-            return Player(data['players'][0], self.year, pro_schedule)
+            return Player(data['players'][0], self.year, pro_schedule, news=news.get(playerId[0], []) if include_news else None)
         if len(data['players']) > 1:
-            return [Player(player, self.year, pro_schedule) for player in data['players']]
+            return [Player(player, self.year, pro_schedule, news=news.get(player['id'], []) if include_news else None) for player in data['players']]

espn_api/basketball/player.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class Player(object):
     '''Player are part of team'''
-    def __init__(self, data, year, pro_team_schedule = None):
+    def __init__(self, data, year, pro_team_schedule = None, news = None):
         self.name = json_parsing(data, 'fullName')
         self.playerId = json_parsing(data, 'id')
         self.year = year
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         self.posRank = json_parsing(data, 'positionalRanking')
         self.stats = {}
         self.schedule = {}
+        self.news = {}
 
         if pro_team_schedule:
             pro_team_id = json_parsing(data, 'proTeamId')
@@ -27,7 +28,16 @@
                 team = game['awayProTeamId'] if game['awayProTeamId'] != pro_team_id else game['homeProTeamId']
                 self.schedule[key] = { 'team': PRO_TEAM_MAP[team], 'date': datetime.fromtimestamp(game['date']/1000.0) }
 
-
+        if news:
+            news_feed = news.get("news", {}).get("feed", [])
+            self.news = [
+                {
+                    "published": item.get("published", ""),
+                    "headline": item.get("headline", ""),
+                    "story": item.get("story", "")
+                }
+                for item in news_feed
+            ]
 
         # add available stats
 

espn_api/requests/constant.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 FANTASY_BASE_ENDPOINT = 'https://lm-api-reads.fantasy.espn.com/apis/v3/games/'
+NEWS_BASE_ENDPOINT = 'https://site.api.espn.com/apis/fantasy/v3/games/'
 FANTASY_SPORTS = {
     'nfl' : 'ffl',
     'nba' : 'fba',

espn_api/requests/espn_requests.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 import json
-from .constant import FANTASY_BASE_ENDPOINT, FANTASY_SPORTS
+from .constant import FANTASY_BASE_ENDPOINT, NEWS_BASE_ENDPOINT, FANTASY_SPORTS
 from ..utils.logger import Logger
 from typing import List
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         self.year = year
         self.league_id = league_id
         self.ENDPOINT = FANTASY_BASE_ENDPOINT + FANTASY_SPORTS[sport] + '/seasons/' + str(self.year)
+        self.NEWS_ENDPOINT = NEWS_BASE_ENDPOINT + FANTASY_SPORTS[sport] + '/news/' + 'players'
         self.cookies = cookies
         self.logger = logger
 
@@ -86,6 +87,14 @@
         if self.logger:
             self.logger.log_request(endpoint=endpoint, params=params, headers=headers, response=r.json())
         return r.json()
+
+    def news_get(self, params: dict = None, headers: dict = None, extend: str = ''):
+        endpoint = self.NEWS_ENDPOINT + extend
+        r = requests.get(endpoint, params=params, headers=headers, cookies=self.cookies)
+
+        if self.logger:
+            self.logger.log_request(endpoint=endpoint, params=params, headers=headers, response=r.json())
+        return r.json()
 
     def get_league(self):
         '''Gets all of the leagues initial data (teams, roster, matchups, settings)'''
@@ -152,6 +161,12 @@
         data = self.league_get(params=params, headers=headers)
         return data
 
+    def get_player_news(self, playerId):
+        '''Gets the player news'''
+        params = {'playerId': playerId}
+        data = self.news_get(params=params)
+        return data
+
     # Username and password no longer works using their API without using google recaptcha
     # Possibly revisit in future if anything changes