The latest articles on DEV Community by Samuel Peña (@samuelpg30). https://dev.to/samuelpg30 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3565513%2Ffe1ba32e-9d5e-4cb8-9384-541432204b94.jpg https://dev.to/samuelpg30 en Samuel Peña Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:49:59 +0000 https://dev.to/samuelpg30/-issues-with-apis-for-soccer-stats-and-cors-when-using-api-64d https://dev.to/samuelpg30/-issues-with-apis-for-soccer-stats-and-cors-when-using-api-64d <p>Hi everyone! I'm building a small application that fetches soccer data. I have two APIs:</p> <ol> <li> <strong>League standings</strong> – this works perfectly on my <strong>local server</strong> but fails when I try to fetch it from a remote environment. I don't understand why. </li> <li> <strong>Player statistics</strong> – this API gives me an <strong>error directly</strong>, I can't even fetch the data. </li> </ol> <p>I created a <strong>PHP backend</strong> to handle these requests, because I read that fetching the APIs directly from the frontend can cause browser permission issues (CORS). But I'm not sure if this is the correct approach. </p> <p>My questions are: </p> <ul> <li>Why does the standings API only work locally? </li> <li>Why does the player stats API fail? </li> <li>Is it correct to use a PHP backend to avoid CORS, or is there a better approach? </li> </ul> <p>Any guidance or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!</p> javascript php webdev programming