game_highlight_data(gamePk) returns nothing for 2nd game of doubleheader

[dalethealphamale]

I am seeing an issue where if the gamePk is the 2nd game of a doubleheader, then statsapi.game_highlight_data(gamePk) returns nothing.

Some example 2nd games of doubleheaders from yesterday:

gamePK=778179
gamePK=778180

I think this happening because the schedule endpoint is returning multiple games and game_highlight_date(gamePk) is matching against the 1st game, instead of matching against the specific gamePk

Note: game_highlights(gamePk) also returns nothing for 2nd games of doubleheaders, since it depends on game_highlight_data(gamePk)

[ty-porter]

Way late, this is expected though how MLB API works

The 4/25 game was postponed for weather until 4/26 (creating the doubleheader). Those games still get the same gamePk when they're played, so you're seeing no highlights for the original 4/25 date and actual highlights from the 4/26 game

https://statsapi.mlb.com/api/v1/schedule?fields=dates,date,games,gamePk,content,highlights,items,headline,type,value,title,description,duration,playbacks,name,url&hydrate=game(content(highlights(highlights)))&sportId=1&gamePk=778180

{
    "dates": [
        {
            "date": "2025-04-25",
            "games": [
                {
                    "gamePk": 778180,
                    "content": {}
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "date": "2025-04-26",
            "games": [
                {
                    "gamePk": 778180,
                    "content": {
                        "highlights": {
                            "highlights": {
                                "items": [...]

[dalethealphamale]

@ty-porter - Thanks for your response, but I think there is still a bug here in game_highlight_data(gamePk):

r["dates"][0]["games"][0]

It always takes dates[0] — the first date. But game 778180 appears in two dates in the MLB API response (4/25 as postponed, 4/26 as final). The API returns them in chronological order, so dates[0] is the 4/25 postponed entry which has no highlights. The actual played game with highlights is at dates[1].

[ty-porter]

Ah I see the issue now. I agree with your assessment, sorry for the confusion. I think it would be best to collapse the highlights across multiple dates (if any) into a single list