wfs-beta-backend

A second copy of the World Fantasy Soccer API, kept for the beta site. It is an older snapshot of wfs-backend: everything on that page applies, except the differences below.

Code: /home/rob/code/wfs-beta-backend · Last checked against commit 5f0660b on 2026-10-14

Companion: wfs-beta-frontend. WFS is not related to Football Manager.

What this copy is

It has the same remote on GitHub as the main backend (robjbrain/worldfantasysoccer-2025, branch main) and its latest commit (26 June 2026, "Fix finalise gameweeks not first clearing out subs") is an ancestor of the main copy. So it is simply the main backend as it was 31 commits ago. Nothing exists here that the main copy lacks. The beta website is built to call https://beta-api.worldfantasysoccer.com/api, which is where this copy is meant to be served.

For how to run it, the full command list, the schedule, the settings and how the game works, read wfs-backend. The schedule in routes/console.php is identical (same nine jobs at the same times).

Differences from wfs-backend

Deploy script

Its deploy.sh is identical except that it runs php artisan migrate without --force. On a production setting (APP_ENV=production) Laravel then asks for confirmation, so unattended deploys stall or fail. Either answer the prompt or use the main script's flag. Run it like the main one:

cd {{BETA_DIR}}
./deploy.sh

Missing features

Compared with the main backend, this copy does not have:

• The player and season importers: import:matrix-players, import:matrix-seasons and refresh:matrix-players, plus the newer player linking and the "delete a season" feature.
• The --dryrun option on fantasy:reset-gameweek-times.
• Bulk import and refresh of players, filtering by tf_id and sofascore_id, and the newer first/last fixture date updates.
• The repair command for transfers and the extra eliminated-team pick checks, and the extra validation when finalising gameweeks.
• The changes that fixed penalties being counted in the score, and several prediction fixes (optional pagination, updating a prediction).
• The split of fantasy teams into their own provisioning step, and the later removal of fantasy_competitions. This copy still has a FantasyCompetitionData class that main no longer has.
• Some of the agent notes, such as agent/notes/matrix_data.md.

The complete list is the output of git -C /home/rob/code/wfs-backend log --oneline 5f0660b..HEAD.

Gotchas

• Fixes made in the main backend after 26 June 2026, including the scoring fix for penalties, are not here.
• Its database layout is older. Do not point it at a database that the main backend has already migrated forward (for example one where fantasy_competitions has been dropped), and do not point the main backend at a beta database without running its migrations.
• It is not known from the files whether this copy is currently deployed anywhere.

Changelog

• 2026-10-14 Initial version.