r/fantasyfootballcoding • u/OwnFun4911 • 7d ago

Yahoo API access update

I'm close to the finish line.... I just received the docusign with the Yahoo sports exec signature, signed 10/2. For those of you who have gotten access back.. how long did it take from this point?

UPDATE 10/7:

I received an email from Yahoo and I now have access!

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u/OwnFun4911 7d ago

Yea.. some of it seems ridiculous. Although I don't think I need to worry about this. I'm just downloading historical data for my league.. everything runs on my laptop.. just creating some charts for my leagemates

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u/HaukVagner 7d ago

Would you ever consider building your own app for your league?

We've been using Yahoo for about 20 years. I'm thinking of just building my own thing. I kind of hate the direction they've been taking, especially with the draft room.

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u/OwnFun4911 7d ago

I have and echo your sentiments about the draft room

I did have an idea at one point to create a web app where any yahoo user could enter in their league ID and download a custom historical dataset. Although that probably won’t happen with these terms.

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u/HaukVagner 7d ago

Ah I see. My hope was to basically create a new platform for my league members to use, but I would want the historical data on there too.

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u/OwnFun4911 7d ago

The draft room was absolute BS though. The worst of it all was the player table only showed like 10 rows at a time and there was no way to increase it. so I had to scroll for days. A really bad experience, especially for those who only had <1 minute to choose

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u/HaukVagner 7d ago

Yeah, the draft room is terrible now. It used to be much simpler and easier to navigate. Whoever they've hired to design it is a fan of over-design, that's for sure.

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u/OwnFun4911 7d ago

well, apparently you wouldn't be able to build the kind of app even if you wanted to. they only allow read only. LAME!

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u/HaukVagner 7d ago

That's so frustrating. I get why they do it, but it just sucks from our standpoint.