# FootballPulse FPL Player Check

> FootballPulse FPL Player Check is a paid API for AI agents from footballpulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a buy/hold/avoid recommendation for FPL players based on price, ownership, form, injury status, expected points, and next-5 fixture difficulty — or a ranked value shortlist by position and budget.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://footballpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/fpl-check
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/footballpulse-fpl-player-check-f7298596
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0RHOA7k628E9LyRi6bZXP

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability footballpulse-fpl-player-check-f7298596
```

Example prompt: Check the FPL status of Mohamed Salah — give me his current price, ownership, form, injury status, expected points, and next-5 fixture difficulty, then tell me whether I should buy, hold, or avoid him for my fantasy team.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need FPL-specific decision support grounded in the official FPL API — particularly when you want a direct buy/hold/avoid call or a value-ranked shortlist by position and budget. Prefer this over generic player stat endpoints when the user's goal is fantasy team optimization rather than general football analytics.

## Known failure modes

- Player name not found or ambiguous — returns error or closest match
- FPL API unavailable or data not yet refreshed after a gameweek — stale or missing data
- Invalid position or budget parameters — returns validation error
- Payment not processed — 402 response blocking the call
- Rate limiting if too many calls in a short window

## How this service works

Fantasy Premier League check grounded in the official FPL API: player price, ownership, form, injury status, expected points, and next-5 fixture difficulty with a direct buy/hold/avoid call — or a ranked value shortlist by position and budget.

## Output

Returns structured FPL data for the requested player(s) including price, ownership percentage, current form score, injury/availability status, expected points for the next gameweek, fixture difficulty rating for the next 5 matches, and a clear buy/hold/avoid recommendation — or if querying by position and budget, a ranked shortlist of best-value players meeting those criteria.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "player": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "player name for a deep check, e.g. Salah (this or position is required)"
      },
      "position": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "GK | DEF | MID | FWD — returns a ranked value shortlist"
      },
      "max_price": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "budget cap in £m for shortlist mode, e.g. 8.0 (optional)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "mode": "player",
  "player": {
   "form": 6.8,
   "name": "M.Salah",
   "team": "Liverpool",
   "price_m": 14,
   "position": "MID",
   "availability": {
    "status": "available"
   },
   "next_fixtures": [
    {
     "gw": 5,
     "home": true,
     "opponent": "BOU",
     "difficulty": 2
    }
   ],
   "ownership_pct": 15.2,
   "expected_points_next": 7.2,
   "fixture_difficulty_avg_next5": 2.4
  },
  "verdict": {
   "call": "buy",
   "reasons": [
    "Favorable fixture run: next-5 difficulty averages 2.4 (lower is easier)."
   ]
  },
  "analysis": {
   "read": "...",
   "watch": [
    "..."
   ]
  },
  "coverage": {
   "fpl_fixtures": "ok",
   "fpl_bootstrap": "ok"
  },
  "season_state": {
   "note": "Live season in progress (4/38 gameweeks complete).",
   "phase": "in-season"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/footballpulse-fpl-player-check-f7298596/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from footballpulse.theaslangroupllc.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/footballpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/llms.txt)