Conference Endpoint
The conference endpoint provides access to conference-related data from the MLB Stats API.
Overview
This endpoint has 1 functional methods and 0 non-functional methods.
Functional Methods
The following methods are fully functional and tested:
conferences()
Summary: View conference info
Path: /v1/conferences
Path Parameters:
conferenceId(Optional«int», required): conferenceId
Query Parameters:
conferenceId(array, optional): conferenceIdsseason(string, optional): seasonincludeInactive(boolean, optional): includeInactivefields(array, optional): fields
Example:
from pymlb_statsapi import api
# View conference info
response = api.Conference.conferences(conferenceId=147, season="2024", includeInactive="value")
data = response.json()
# Save to file
result = response.gzip(prefix="mlb-data")
print(f"Saved to: {result['path']}")
Schema Introspection
You can explore the full schema for the conference endpoint programmatically:
from pymlb_statsapi import api
# List all methods
methods = api.Conference.get_method_names()
print(methods)
# Get method details
method = api.Conference.get_method('conferences')
schema = method.get_schema()
print(json.dumps(schema, indent=2))
# Get detailed description
description = api.Conference.describe_method('conferences')
print(description)