Sync News¶

Fetches Lions and NFL news articles from the API. Powers the News page and home page news section.

API Endpoints¶

GET https://api.lionschedule.me/api/v1/news/topic/lions_nfl/?limit=25
GET https://api.lionschedule.me/api/v1/news/topic/nfl/?limit=10

What It Does¶

1. Fetches Lions-specific news articles (topic: lions_nfl)
2. Fetches general NFL news articles (topic: nfl)
3. Creates or updates NewsArticle records (unique on article_id)

Data Stored¶

NewsArticle: article_id, topic, title, slug, url, source, summary, image_url, content, ai_summary, published_at

Response Structure¶

{
  "articles": [
    {
      "article_id": "espn-12345",
      "title": "Lions sign key free agent",
      "url": "https://www.espn.com/...",
      "source": "ESPN",
      "summary": "The Detroit Lions have agreed to terms...",
      "image_url": "https://a.espncdn.com/...",
      "published_at": "2026-03-22T14:30:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Schedule¶

Every 4 hours. News articles are published throughout the day.

Management Command¶

python manage.py sync_news --lions-limit 25 --nfl-limit 10 --triggered-by manual

Notes¶

• Articles from different sources may have the same story; deduplication is by article_id
• The ai_summary field contains an AI-generated summary when available from the API