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GET /v1/handicap

League handicap

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/bowling-api/v1/handicap" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bowling-api/v1/handicap", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bowling-api/v1/handicap");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/bowling-api/v1/handicap",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "Handicap per game = ⌊(basis − average) × percent⌋, never below 0. A common league setup is 90 % of 220. Handicap levels the field: a lower average earns more pins. Series handicap is the per-game figure times the number of games.",
        "inputs": {
            "basis": 220,
            "games": 3,
            "average": 150,
            "percent": 90
        },
        "handicap_series": 189,
        "handicap_per_game": 63
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-06T07:13:58.710Z",
        "request_id": "59c95dbb-0489-4a96-90b2-7ef6299b583b"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Handicap",
    "success": true
}