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POST
/
leagues
/
{leagueId}
/
officials
Add or re-approve an official (idempotent upsert)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "externalId": "user_42",
  "email": "ref@example.com",
  "name": "Jordan Ref"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials"

payload = {
"externalId": "user_42",
"email": "ref@example.com",
"name": "Jordan Ref"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({externalId: 'user_42', email: 'ref@example.com', name: 'Jordan Ref'})
};

fetch('https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'externalId' => 'user_42',
'email' => 'ref@example.com',
'name' => 'Jordan Ref'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"externalId\": \"user_42\",\n \"email\": \"ref@example.com\",\n \"name\": \"Jordan Ref\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"externalId\": \"user_42\",\n \"email\": \"ref@example.com\",\n \"name\": \"Jordan Ref\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://whistle.huddleup-sports.com/api/v1/leagues/{leagueId}/officials")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"externalId\": \"user_42\",\n \"email\": \"ref@example.com\",\n \"name\": \"Jordan Ref\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "membershipId": "<string>",
    "userId": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "joinedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  }
}
{
"error": "invalid_json"
}
{
"error": "unauthorized"
}
{
"error": "league_not_found"
}
{
"error": "position_taken"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Partner API key: Authorization: Bearer whk_…. Keys are issued by the Whistle team (email tommy@huddleup-sports.com), shown once at issuance, and bound to your source namespace — they access only your leagues (plus explicit grants) and your webhook endpoints. Any auth failure returns 401 {"error":"unauthorized"}; the API never returns 403 — out-of-scope resources answer 404 exactly like nonexistent ones.

Path Parameters

leagueId
string
required

Whistle league id (id from league responses).

Body

application/json
externalId
string
required

Your stable id for this official. Required.

source
string

Derived from your key — omit, or echo your key's source; any other value returns 400 source_mismatch.

email
string

Optional bridge to the official's real identity. Trimmed and lowercased.

name
string
status
enum<string>

Only "pending" is honored; everything else becomes "approved".

Available options:
approved,
pending

Response

Official membership

data
object
Last modified on July 10, 2026