🏈 CFL SDK

A modern Python SDK for the Canadian Football League API using httpx.

Features · Installation · Quick Start · API Reference · Built with CFL SDK · Contributing

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Features

• Full type hints using modern Python typing
• Comprehensive API coverage (most endpoints supported)
• Error handling and logging

Installation

pip install cfl-sdk

With Poetry

poetry add cfl-sdk

Quick Start

from cfl import CFLClient

client = CFLClient()

# Get all teams
teams = client.get_teams()
for team in teams:
    print(f"{team['name']} ({team['abbreviation']})")

# Get fixtures for a season
fixtures = client.get_fixtures(season_id=75)  # 2026 season

# Get players filtered by position
qbs = client.get_players(position="QB", limit=20)

API Reference

Teams · Venues · Players · Seasons · Fixtures · Rosters · Roster Players · Colleges · Ledger · Team Stats · Player Stats · Standings · Leaderboard

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Teams

# Get all teams
teams = client.get_teams()

# Get a specific team
team = client.get_team(team_id=1)

# Get a team's full current roster
roster = client.get_team_roster(team_id=1)

Venues

# Get all venues
venues = client.get_venues()

# Get specific venue
venue = client.get_venue(venue_id=1)

Players

# Get players (filterable)
players = client.get_players(limit=50)
players = client.get_players(position="QB")
players = client.get_players(college_id=295)
players = client.get_players(sort_by="lastname", sort_order="asc", page=2, limit=25)

# Get a specific player
player = client.get_player(player_id=183186)

# Embed college details in the response
player = client.get_player(player_id=183186, with_college=True)
# player["relations"]["college"] -> college object

# Search players by name pattern
results = client.search_players("mitchell")  # returns [{ID, name}, ...]

# Get all position definitions
positions = client.get_player_positions()

Seasons

# Get all seasons (with optional pagination)
seasons = client.get_seasons(page=1, limit=50)

# Get specific season
season = client.get_season(season_id=75)  # 2026 season

Fixtures (Games)

# Get fixtures (with optional filters and pagination)
fixtures = client.get_fixtures(limit=50)
fixtures = client.get_fixtures(season_id=75)  # 2026 season
fixtures = client.get_fixtures(home_team_id=1)
fixtures = client.get_fixtures(away_team_id=1)
fixtures = client.get_fixtures(venue_id=1)

# Get a specific fixture
fixture = client.get_fixture(fixture_id=6555)

# Embed related objects
fixture = client.get_fixture(fixture_id=6555, with_venue=True)
fixture = client.get_fixture(fixture_id=6555, with_season=True)
# fixture["relations"]["venue"] -> venue object

Rosters

# Get all rosters
rosters = client.get_rosters()

# Get specific roster
roster = client.get_roster(roster_id=1)

# Get per-team roster state and nationality counts
summary = client.get_rosters_summary()

Roster Players

# Get all roster player entries
roster_players = client.get_roster_players(limit=50)

# Filter to a specific player's entry
entries = client.get_roster_players(player_id=183186)

# Embed full player object
entries = client.get_roster_players(with_player=True, limit=25)
# entries[0]["relations"]["player"] -> full player object

# Get a specific roster player entry
rp = client.get_roster_player(rosterplayer_id=26733)
rp = client.get_roster_player(rosterplayer_id=26733, with_player=True)

# Get all valid roster states
states = client.get_roster_player_states()

Colleges

# Get all colleges
colleges = client.get_colleges(limit=50)

# Filter by name
colleges = client.get_colleges(name="laval")

# Sort and paginate
colleges = client.get_colleges(sort_by="name", sort_order="asc", page=1, limit=25)

# Get a specific college
college = client.get_college(college_id=295)

Ledger (Transactions)

# Get transactions for a year
transactions = client.get_ledger(year=2026)

Team Stats

# Get team stats
team_stats = client.get_team_stats()

# Get team stats for a season
team_stats = client.get_team_stats(season_id=75)  # 2026 season

# Get specific team stats
team_stat = client.get_team_stat(team_stats_id=122345)

Player Stats

# Get player stats (with optional pagination and season filter)
player_stats = client.get_player_stats(season_id=75, page=1, limit=50)

# Get specific player stats
player_stat = client.get_player_stat(player_stats_id=1629968)

# Get player stats with photo URL
player_stat = client.get_player_pims(player_id=168507)

Standings

# Get standings for a year (2016-2026 supported)
standings = client.get_standings(year=2026)

standings["week"]      # week the standings reflect
standings["east"]      # list of team rows for the East division
standings["west"]      # list of team rows for the West division
standings["unified"]   # combined table (available from 2020 on)

row = standings["west"][0]
row["place"], row["abbreviation"], row["wins"], row["losses"], row["ties"]

Leaderboard

# Get league leaders for every stat category (2016-2026 supported)
leaders = client.get_leaderboards(season=2026)

# Return more players per category (1-25, default 3)
leaders = client.get_leaderboards(season=2026, count=10)

leaders["offence"]        # [{"category": "passing", "leaders": [...]}, ...]
leaders["defence"]        # [{"category": "tackles", "leaders": [...]}, ...]
leaders["special_teams"]  # [{"category": "fieldGoalsSucceeded", "leaders": [...]}, ...]

top_passer = leaders["offence"][0]["leaders"][0]
top_passer["firstname"], top_passer["lastname"], top_passer["statValue"]

Error Handling

The SDK provides specific error types:

• CFLAPIConnectionError: For connection issues
• CFLAPITimeoutError: For request timeouts
• CFLAPINotFoundError: For 404 responses
• CFLAPIAuthenticationError: For auth issues
• CFLAPIValidationError: For invalid requests
• CFLAPIServerError: For server errors

from cfl import CFLClient, CFLAPINotFoundError

client = CFLClient()

try:
    team = client.get_team(team_id=999999)
except CFLAPINotFoundError:
    print("Team not found")

Using with Context Manager

with CFLClient() as client:
    teams = client.get_teams()
    # Client will be closed automatically

Acknowledgements & Disclaimer

Thank you to the Canadian Football League (CFL) for providing a public API.

This is an unofficial SDK and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Contributing

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.