# How do I map Novig market IDs to player and team names?

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Canonical: https://novigapi.com/answers/novig-market-ids-to-names
Updated: 2026-11-15

Novig's free CSVs identify a market by ID and a product family such as NFL-PASSING_YARDS, with no player or team. novigapi.com joins names to every market: on 15 Nov 2026 it named 3,615 players and 1,749 teams, and /markets/{id}, /players and the keyless MCP search tool resolve them. (Source: [Novig docs: Exchange Data](https://docs.novig.com/public-data/overview.md))

Joining by hand means reading Novig's catalog while each market is open and storing the mapping before it closes, because IDs stop resolving publicly after settlement.

We keep that mapping from our first snapshot, so a CSV row from yesterday still resolves to the player, stat and line.

## How the options compare

Names on Novig data, checked 15 Nov 2026

| Source | Depth per market | What you need | Paid plans |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novig daily CSVs | Daily OHLC, volume and open interest; no intraday book | Nothing; join market IDs to names yourself (no player or team names) | Free |
| novigapi.com | Full resting book, trades, OHLC, fair price, line moves | A novigapi key (email or agent approval code); no Novig account | Developer $49, Production $149, Scale $499 a month; $9 for 1,000 credits that never expire |
| Novig official API | Full book and every execution over its WebSocket | Novig account, KYC, signed requests (Ed25519 or P-256) and a location check; AZ, MI and NV excluded | Free to use; trading fees apply to fills |


## Where novigapi.com falls short

> Markets that opened and closed before our collector saw them (before 12 Nov 2026 for intraday, and any we missed) may carry no name. We say so in the row instead of guessing.

## Try it

The search tool needs no key and returns IDs you can pass to fetch or to the REST API.

```bash
# No key: the search, fetch and devig tools are free.
curl -s https://novigapi.com/api/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
       "params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query":"mahomes passing yards"}}}'
```

Read the [endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints), compare [plans and credits](https://novigapi.com/pricing), or send a request from the [playground](https://novigapi.com/playground).

## Questions

### What is reportTicker in Novig's CSV?

A product family code such as MLB-SPREAD that says what kind of market a row is, without naming the teams or players.

### Can I search Novig players without a key?

Yes, with the search tool on the novigapi.com MCP server.

## Sources

- [Novig docs: Exchange Data](https://docs.novig.com/public-data/overview.md)
- [Novig docs: API overview](https://docs.novig.com/index.md)
- [novigapi.com endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints)

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