COLLEGE_SOFTBALL — ESPN CDN API (cdn.espn.com)
sportsdataverse.college_softball — 3 endpoints.
espn_college_softball_cdn_playbyplay
One game's espn.com play-by-play page data. The gamepackageJSON block is a Site v2 summary (header, boxscore, plays or drives, win probability, ...), so the parsed result is the same dict of frames that parse_summary returns.
Endpoint URL: GET https://cdn.espn.com/core/college-softball/playbyplay
Valid URL: https://cdn.espn.com/core/college-softball/playbyplay?xhr=1&gameId=401705127
| API Parameter | Python | Pattern | Required | Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gameId | game_id | Y | ESPN game (event) id. |
Returns
return_parsed=True (default) — a tidy polars.DataFrame with the columns below; pass return_as_pandas=True for a pandas.DataFrame.
boxscore_player
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
team_location | character | Team location. |
athlete_id | character | Athlete id. |
athlete_display_name | character | Athlete display name. |
athlete_short_name | character | Athlete short name. |
athlete_jersey | character | Athlete jersey. |
athlete_position | character | Athlete position. |
starter | logical | Starter. |
active | logical | Active. |
did_not_play | logical | Did not play. |
ejected | logical | Ejected. |
reason | character | Reason. |
minutes | character | Minutes. |
points | character | Points. |
field_goals_made_field_goals_attempted | character | Field goals made field goals attempted. |
three_point_field_goals_made_three_point_field_goals_attempted | character | Three point field goals made three point field goals attempted. |
free_throws_made_free_throws_attempted | character | Free throws made free throws attempted. |
rebounds | character | Rebounds. |
assists | character | Assists. |
turnovers | character | Turnovers. |
steals | character | Steals. |
blocks | character | Blocks. |
offensive_rebounds | character | Offensive rebounds. |
defensive_rebounds | character | Defensive rebounds. |
fouls | character | Fouls. |
plus_minus | character | Plus minus. |
boxscore_team
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
home_away | character | Home away. |
display_order | integer | Display order. |
stat_name | character | Stat name. |
stat_label | character | Stat label. |
stat_display_value | character | Stat display value. |
stat_value | character | Stat value. |
plays
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | character | Id. |
sequence_number | character | Sequence number. |
text | character | Text. |
away_score | integer | Away score. |
home_score | integer | Home score. |
scoring_play | logical | Scoring play. |
score_value | integer | Score value. |
participants | character | Participants. |
wallclock | character | Wallclock. |
shooting_play | logical | Shooting play. |
points_attempted | integer | Points attempted. |
short_description | character | Short description. |
type_id | character | Type id. |
type_text | character | Type text. |
period_number | integer | Period number. |
period_display_value | character | Period display value. |
clock_display_value | character | Clock display value. |
team_id | character | Team id. |
coordinate_x | integer | Coordinate x. |
coordinate_y | integer | Coordinate y. |
winprobability
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
home_win_percentage | double | Home win percentage. |
tie_percentage | double | Tie percentage. |
play_id | character | Play id. |
leaders
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
category_name | character | Category name. |
category_display_name | character | Category display name. |
athlete_id | character | Athlete id. |
athlete_display_name | character | Athlete display name. |
athlete_position | character | Athlete position. |
value | double | Value. |
display_value | character | Display value. |
main_stat | character | Main stat. |
summary | character | Summary. |
game_info
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
attendance | integer | Attendance. |
venue_id | character | Venue id. |
venue_guid | character | Venue guid. |
venue_full_name | character | Venue full name. |
venue_short_name | character | Venue short name. |
venue_address_city | character | Venue address city. |
venue_address_state | character | Venue address state. |
venue_grass | logical | Venue grass. |
officials
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
full_name | character | Full name. |
display_name | character | Display name. |
order | integer | Order. |
position_name | character | Position name. |
position_display_name | character | Position display name. |
position_id | character | Position id. |
header
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | character | Id. |
uid | character | Uid. |
time_valid | logical | Time valid. |
competitions | character | Competitions. |
links | character | Links. |
season_year | integer | Season year. |
season_current | logical | Season current. |
season_type | integer | Season type. |
league_id | character | League id. |
league_uid | character | League uid. |
league_name | character | League name. |
league_abbreviation | character | League abbreviation. |
league_slug | character | League slug. |
league_is_tournament | logical | League is tournament. |
league_links | character | League links. |
league_logos | character | League logos. |
season_series
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
type | character | Type. |
title | character | Title. |
description | character | Description. |
summary | character | Summary. |
completed | logical | Completed. |
total_competitions | integer | Total competitions. |
series_label | character | Series label. |
series_score | character | Series score. |
short_summary | character | Short summary. |
events | character | Events. |
standings
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
group_header | character | Group header. |
conference_header | character | Conference header. |
division_header | character | Division header. |
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_uid | character | Team uid. |
team_location | character | Team location. |
games_behind | character | Games behind. |
losses | character | Losses. |
streak | character | Streak. |
win_percent | character | Win percent. |
wins | character | Wins. |
format
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
regulation_periods | integer | Regulation periods. |
regulation_display_name | character | Regulation display name. |
regulation_slug | character | Regulation slug. |
regulation_clock | double | Regulation clock. |
overtime_display_name | character | Overtime display name. |
overtime_slug | character | Overtime slug. |
overtime_clock | double | Overtime clock. |
article
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | integer | Id. |
now_id | character | Now id. |
content_key | character | Content key. |
data_source_identifier | character | Data source identifier. |
publishedkey | character | Publishedkey. |
type | character | Type. |
game_id | character | Game id. |
headline | character | Headline. |
description | character | Description. |
link_text | character | Link text. |
categorized | character | Categorized. |
originally_posted | character | Originally posted. |
last_modified | character | Last modified. |
published | character | Published. |
section | character | Section. |
source | character | Source. |
images | character | Images. |
video | character | Video. |
categories | character | Categories. |
keywords | character | Keywords. |
story | character | Story. |
premium | logical | Premium. |
is_live_blog | logical | Is live blog. |
allow_comments | logical | Allow comments. |
allow_search | logical | Allow search. |
allow_content_reactions | logical | Allow content reactions. |
links_web_href | character | Links web href. |
links_mobile_href | character | Links mobile href. |
links_api_self_href | character | Links api self href. |
links_app_sportscenter_href | character | Links app sportscenter href. |
injuries
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
injuries | character | Injuries. |
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_uid | character | Team uid. |
team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
team_links | character | Team links. |
team_logo | character | Team logo. |
team_logos | character | Team logos. |
news
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | integer | Id. |
now_id | character | Now id. |
content_key | character | Content key. |
data_source_identifier | character | Data source identifier. |
type | character | Type. |
headline | character | Headline. |
description | character | Description. |
last_modified | character | Last modified. |
published | character | Published. |
images | character | Images. |
categories | character | Categories. |
premium | logical | Premium. |
byline | character | Byline. |
links_web_href | character | Links web href. |
links_mobile_href | character | Links mobile href. |
links_api_self_href | character | Links api self href. |
links_app_sportscenter_href | character | Links app sportscenter href. |
return_parsed=False — the raw JSON Dict payload, unparsed.
Example
espn_college_softball_cdn_playbyplay(game_id='401705127')
Last validated n/a.
espn_college_softball_cdn_boxscore
One game's espn.com box-score page data, parsed like a Site v2 summary. For football the drives and scoring plays are only on the playbyplay page.
Endpoint URL: GET https://cdn.espn.com/core/college-softball/boxscore
Valid URL: https://cdn.espn.com/core/college-softball/boxscore?xhr=1&gameId=401705127
| API Parameter | Python | Pattern | Required | Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gameId | game_id | Y | ESPN game (event) id. |
Returns
return_parsed=True (default) — a tidy polars.DataFrame with the columns below; pass return_as_pandas=True for a pandas.DataFrame.
boxscore_player
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
team_location | character | Team location. |
athlete_id | character | Athlete id. |
athlete_display_name | character | Athlete display name. |
athlete_short_name | character | Athlete short name. |
athlete_jersey | character | Athlete jersey. |
athlete_position | character | Athlete position. |
starter | logical | Starter. |
active | logical | Active. |
did_not_play | logical | Did not play. |
ejected | logical | Ejected. |
reason | character | Reason. |
minutes | character | Minutes. |
points | character | Points. |
field_goals_made_field_goals_attempted | character | Field goals made field goals attempted. |
three_point_field_goals_made_three_point_field_goals_attempted | character | Three point field goals made three point field goals attempted. |
free_throws_made_free_throws_attempted | character | Free throws made free throws attempted. |
rebounds | character | Rebounds. |
assists | character | Assists. |
turnovers | character | Turnovers. |
steals | character | Steals. |
blocks | character | Blocks. |
offensive_rebounds | character | Offensive rebounds. |
defensive_rebounds | character | Defensive rebounds. |
fouls | character | Fouls. |
plus_minus | character | Plus minus. |
boxscore_team
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
home_away | character | Home away. |
display_order | integer | Display order. |
stat_name | character | Stat name. |
stat_label | character | Stat label. |
stat_display_value | character | Stat display value. |
stat_value | character | Stat value. |
plays
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | character | Id. |
sequence_number | character | Sequence number. |
text | character | Text. |
away_score | integer | Away score. |
home_score | integer | Home score. |
scoring_play | logical | Scoring play. |
score_value | integer | Score value. |
participants | character | Participants. |
wallclock | character | Wallclock. |
shooting_play | logical | Shooting play. |
points_attempted | integer | Points attempted. |
short_description | character | Short description. |
type_id | character | Type id. |
type_text | character | Type text. |
period_number | integer | Period number. |
period_display_value | character | Period display value. |
clock_display_value | character | Clock display value. |
team_id | character | Team id. |
coordinate_x | integer | Coordinate x. |
coordinate_y | integer | Coordinate y. |
winprobability
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
home_win_percentage | double | Home win percentage. |
tie_percentage | double | Tie percentage. |
play_id | character | Play id. |
leaders
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
category_name | character | Category name. |
category_display_name | character | Category display name. |
athlete_id | character | Athlete id. |
athlete_display_name | character | Athlete display name. |
athlete_position | character | Athlete position. |
value | double | Value. |
display_value | character | Display value. |
main_stat | character | Main stat. |
summary | character | Summary. |
game_info
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
attendance | integer | Attendance. |
venue_id | character | Venue id. |
venue_guid | character | Venue guid. |
venue_full_name | character | Venue full name. |
venue_short_name | character | Venue short name. |
venue_address_city | character | Venue address city. |
venue_address_state | character | Venue address state. |
venue_grass | logical | Venue grass. |
officials
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
full_name | character | Full name. |
display_name | character | Display name. |
order | integer | Order. |
position_name | character | Position name. |
position_display_name | character | Position display name. |
position_id | character | Position id. |
header
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | character | Id. |
uid | character | Uid. |
time_valid | logical | Time valid. |
competitions | character | Competitions. |
links | character | Links. |
season_year | integer | Season year. |
season_current | logical | Season current. |
season_type | integer | Season type. |
league_id | character | League id. |
league_uid | character | League uid. |
league_name | character | League name. |
league_abbreviation | character | League abbreviation. |
league_slug | character | League slug. |
league_is_tournament | logical | League is tournament. |
league_links | character | League links. |
league_logos | character | League logos. |
season_series
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
type | character | Type. |
title | character | Title. |
description | character | Description. |
summary | character | Summary. |
completed | logical | Completed. |
total_competitions | integer | Total competitions. |
series_label | character | Series label. |
series_score | character | Series score. |
short_summary | character | Short summary. |
events | character | Events. |
standings
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
group_header | character | Group header. |
conference_header | character | Conference header. |
division_header | character | Division header. |
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_uid | character | Team uid. |
team_location | character | Team location. |
games_behind | character | Games behind. |
losses | character | Losses. |
streak | character | Streak. |
win_percent | character | Win percent. |
wins | character | Wins. |
format
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
regulation_periods | integer | Regulation periods. |
regulation_display_name | character | Regulation display name. |
regulation_slug | character | Regulation slug. |
regulation_clock | double | Regulation clock. |
overtime_display_name | character | Overtime display name. |
overtime_slug | character | Overtime slug. |
overtime_clock | double | Overtime clock. |
article
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | integer | Id. |
now_id | character | Now id. |
content_key | character | Content key. |
data_source_identifier | character | Data source identifier. |
publishedkey | character | Publishedkey. |
type | character | Type. |
game_id | character | Game id. |
headline | character | Headline. |
description | character | Description. |
link_text | character | Link text. |
categorized | character | Categorized. |
originally_posted | character | Originally posted. |
last_modified | character | Last modified. |
published | character | Published. |
section | character | Section. |
source | character | Source. |
images | character | Images. |
video | character | Video. |
categories | character | Categories. |
keywords | character | Keywords. |
story | character | Story. |
premium | logical | Premium. |
is_live_blog | logical | Is live blog. |
allow_comments | logical | Allow comments. |
allow_search | logical | Allow search. |
allow_content_reactions | logical | Allow content reactions. |
links_web_href | character | Links web href. |
links_mobile_href | character | Links mobile href. |
links_api_self_href | character | Links api self href. |
links_app_sportscenter_href | character | Links app sportscenter href. |
injuries
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
injuries | character | Injuries. |
team_id | character | Team id. |
team_uid | character | Team uid. |
team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
team_links | character | Team links. |
team_logo | character | Team logo. |
team_logos | character | Team logos. |
news
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
id | integer | Id. |
now_id | character | Now id. |
content_key | character | Content key. |
data_source_identifier | character | Data source identifier. |
type | character | Type. |
headline | character | Headline. |
description | character | Description. |
last_modified | character | Last modified. |
published | character | Published. |
images | character | Images. |
categories | character | Categories. |
premium | logical | Premium. |
byline | character | Byline. |
links_web_href | character | Links web href. |
links_mobile_href | character | Links mobile href. |
links_api_self_href | character | Links api self href. |
links_app_sportscenter_href | character | Links app sportscenter href. |
return_parsed=False — the raw JSON Dict payload, unparsed.
Example
espn_college_softball_cdn_boxscore(game_id='401705127')
Last validated n/a.
espn_college_softball_cdn_schedule
espn.com schedule page data, one row per game: up to 7 days starting at date (mbb and wbb: that day only; cfb and nfl: one week).
Endpoint URL: GET https://cdn.espn.com/core/college-softball/schedule
Valid URL: https://cdn.espn.com/core/college-softball/schedule?xhr=1&date=20250115
| API Parameter | Python | Pattern | Required | Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
date | date | Y | Single date (YYYYMMDD). Ignored by cfb and nfl, which are week-oriented. Defaults to today. | ||
week | week | Y | Week number (cfb and nfl). | ||
year | season | Y | Season year that week belongs to (cfb and nfl). | ||
seasontype | season_type | Y | Season phase for week: 1=preseason, 2=regular season, 3=postseason (cfb and nfl). |
Returns
return_parsed=True (default) — a tidy polars.DataFrame with the columns below; pass return_as_pandas=True for a pandas.DataFrame.
| col_name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
game_id | integer | ESPN event id. |
season | integer | Four-digit season year. |
game_date | character | ISO 8601 kickoff timestamp (UTC). |
return_parsed=False — the raw JSON Dict payload, unparsed.
Example
espn_college_softball_cdn_schedule(date='20250115')
Last validated n/a.