Changelog
Recent Platform And Contract Updates
For deeper operational context, use /status. For short practical integration questions, finish with the API FAQ.
Track API and platform changes that affect integrators.
This is the short-form API-facing changelog. Use it to understand what recently changed in the platform, docs, endpoint surface, and quota behavior.
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Recent Contract Changes
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Status For Operations, FAQ For Edge Cases
The changelog tells you what changed. Pair it with /status for operational issues and the FAQ for practical integration questions.
feature2026-03-17
Current staff endpoint family
Version v1
- Added `/api/v1/staff` plus structured identity, bio, career, and history drilldowns for current team staff and assistant coaches.
- Added field-level staff routes so current staff data follows the same slice-and-field model as contributors, executives, players, and coaches.
feature2026-03-16
Contributor, executive, and Hall of Fame endpoint families
Version v1
- Added contributor and executive list routes plus grouped identity, bio, history, and executive career drilldowns.
- Added Hall of Fame nominee list and election-year drilldowns so ballot history follows the same slice-and-field model as player and coach endpoints.
improvement2026-03-16
Stripe-backed billing and plan sync
Version v1
- Moved paid plan changes out of local placeholder toggles and into Stripe checkout and billing portal flows.
- Customer subscription state now syncs back into NFLMeta via Stripe webhooks so API key plan and quota enforcement stay local but billing stays authoritative in Stripe.
feature2026-03-16
Granular player kicker and punter season slices
Version v1
- Added dedicated player specialist season endpoints for kicker and punter rows instead of forcing consumers to infer those fields from larger mixed stat payloads.
- Added season-level and field-level drilldowns for `/api/v1/players/{player_key}/kicking` and `/api/v1/players/{player_key}/punting`.
- The initial specialist-season source coverage is 2025 regular season, with older years staged as a follow-up import track.
improvement2026-03-16
Broader search across docs and public guidance
Version v1
- Expanded search beyond endpoint-only filtering into a broader search surface spanning docs, quickstarts, pricing, trust, and status guidance.
- Kept API-facing changelog entries in a dedicated source so integration-relevant changes remain easy to track.
improvement2026-03-15
Multi-page docs system and endpoint search
Version v1
- Split API Docs into dedicated overview, quickstart, authentication, identifier, core endpoint, reference data, recipe, and changelog pages.
- Added copyable request and response snippets across the docs.
- Added searchable filtering for core and reference endpoint groups.
improvement2026-03-15
Standardized JSON API error envelopes
Version v1
- Route-level API errors now consistently expose code, message, and status fields.
- Auth failures and route-local not-found or rate-limit responses now follow the same envelope shape.
feature2026-03-09
Public docs and direct API-key access
Version v1
- Made /api-docs, /faq, and /openapi.yaml publicly accessible.
- Ensured /api/v1 routes use API key auth directly instead of site-session redirects.
feature2026-03-08
Expanded slice-and-drilldown endpoint surface
Version v1
- Added broader season, game, playoff-game, coach, and reference field drilldowns.
- Aligned the public docs and OpenAPI contract with the expanded v1 surface.