BOS Schema
These objects are used for the five BOS incident messages. The objects are created and populated internally by the Couch Potato API.
create
{
"call":, // Always 'create'
"unique_string":, // unique identifier of type unique_string
"timestamp":, // The date/time the game was created (UTC)
"arguments":
{
"season": // The season for the sports
},
"id":
{
"home":, // The home team
"away":, // The away team
"sport":, // The sport
"start_time":, // The scheduled date/time for the game to start (UTC)
"event_group_name": // The event group (league)
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":, // Unique identifier for the match (game)
"name":, // Name of the provider
"source": // Always 'direct string input'
"source_file":, // Not used
"pushed": // The date/time the incident was sent (UTC)
}
}{
"call":"create",
"unique_string":"2020-05-01t01:12:00.000z__soccer__epl__leicester-city__aston-villa__create__20192020",
"timestamp":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z",
"arguments":
{
"season":"2019/2020"
},
"id":
{
"home":"Leicester City",
"away":"Aston Villa",
"sport":"Soccer",
"start_time":"2020-05-01T01:12:00Z",
"event_group_name":"EPL"
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":"25",
"name":"couch-potato",
"source":
"direct string input",
"source_file":"",
"pushed":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z"
}
}in_progress
{
"call":, // Always 'in_progress'
"unique_string":, // unique identifier of type unique_string
"timestamp":, // The date/time the game was created (UTC)
"arguments":
{
"whistle_start_time": // The time the game actually started
},
"id":
{
"home":, // The home team
"away":, // The away team
"sport":, // The sport
"start_time":, // The scheduled date/time for the game to start (UTC)
"event_group_name": // The event group (league)
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":, // Unique identifier for the match (game)
"name":, // Name of the provider
"source": // Always 'direct string input'
"source_file":, // Not used
"pushed": // The date/time the incident was sent (UTC)
}
}{
"call":"in_progress",
"unique_string":"2020-05-01t01:12:00.000z__soccer__epl__leicester-city__aston-villa__create__20192020",
"timestamp":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z",
"arguments":
{
"whistle_start_time":"2020-05-01T01:15:00Z"
},
"id":
{
"home":"Leicester City",
"away":"Aston Villa",
"sport":"Soccer",
"start_time":"2020-05-01T01:12:00Z",
"event_group_name":"EPL"
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":"25",
"name":"couch-potato",
"source":
"direct string input",
"source_file":"",
"pushed":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z"
}
}result
{
"call":, // Always 'result'
"unique_string":, // unique identifier of type unique_string
"timestamp":, // The date/time the game was created (UTC)
"arguments":
{
"home_score":, // The home team score/result
"away_score":, // The away team score/result
},
"id":
{
"home":, // The home team
"away":, // The away team
"sport":, // The sport
"start_time":, // The scheduled date/time for the game to start (UTC)
"event_group_name": // The event group (league)
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":, // Unique identifier for the match (game)
"name":, // Name of the provider
"source": // Always 'direct string input'
"source_file":, // Not used
"pushed": // The date/time the incident was sent (UTC)
}
}{
"call":"result",
"unique_string":"2020-05-01t01:12:00.000z__soccer__epl__leicester-city__aston-villa__create__20192020",
"timestamp":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z",
"arguments":
{
"home_score":4,
"away_score":2,
},
"id":
{
"home":"Leicester City",
"away":"Aston Villa",
"sport":"Soccer",
"start_time":"2020-05-01T01:12:00Z",
"event_group_name":"EPL"
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":"25",
"name":"couch-potato",
"source":
"direct string input",
"source_file":"",
"pushed":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z"
}
}finish
{
"call":, // Always 'finish'
"unique_string":, // unique identifier of type unique_string
"timestamp":, // The date/time the game was created (UTC)
"arguments":
{
"whistle_end_time": // The time the game ended
},
"id":
{
"home":, // The home team
"away":, // The away team
"sport":, // The sport
"start_time":, // The scheduled date/time for the game to start (UTC)
"event_group_name": // The event group (league)
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":, // Unique identifier for the match (game)
"name":, // Name of the provider
"source": // Always 'direct string input'
"source_file":, // Not used
"pushed": // The date/time the incident was sent (UTC)
}
}{
"call":"finish",
"unique_string":"2020-05-01t01:12:00.000z__soccer__epl__leicester-city__aston-villa__create__20192020",
"timestamp":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z",
"arguments":
{
"whistle_start_time":"2020-05-01T01:16:00Z"
},
"id":
{
"home":"Leicester City",
"away":"Aston Villa",
"sport":"Soccer",
"start_time":"2020-05-01T01:12:00Z",
"event_group_name":"EPL"
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":"25",
"name":"couch-potato",
"source":
"direct string input",
"source_file":"",
"pushed":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z"
}
}canceled
{
"call":, // Always 'canceled'
"unique_string":, // unique identifier of type unique_string
"timestamp":, // The date/time the game was created (UTC)
"arguments":
{
},
"id":
{
"home":, // The home team
"away":, // The away team
"sport":, // The sport
"start_time":, // The scheduled date/time for the game to start (UTC)
"event_group_name": // The event group (league)
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":, // Unique identifier for the match (game)
"name":, // Name of the provider
"source": // Always 'direct string input'
"source_file":, // Not used
"pushed": // The date/time the incident was sent (UTC)
}
}{
"call":"canceled",
"unique_string":"2020-05-01t01:12:00.000z__soccer__epl__leicester-city__aston-villa__create__20192020",
"timestamp":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z",
"arguments":
{
},
"id":
{
"home":"Leicester City",
"away":"Aston Villa",
"sport":"Soccer",
"start_time":"2020-05-01T01:12:00Z",
"event_group_name":"EPL"
},
"provider_info":
{
"match_id":"25",
"name":"couch-potato",
"source":
"direct string input",
"source_file":"",
"pushed":"2020-01-28T14:41:13.705Z"
}
}unique_string
This special attribute uniquely identifies each game to BOS. The format is as follows:
"start_time" + "__" + "sport" + "__" + "event_group_name" + "home_team" + "__" + "away_team" + "create" + "__" + "season"
Example
2020-05-01t01:12:00.000z__soccer__epl__leicester-city__aston-villa__create__20192020
Important: The string must be lowercase and any spaces in fields replaced with dashes (-).
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