CricAPI Generic API

Generic helper data (countries, flags)

Operations 1

GET /countries List Countries with Flags #

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OpenAPI Specification

cricapi-generic-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CricAPI Cricket Data Fantasy Generic API
  description: 'CricAPI (operating as CricketData.org) provides live cricket scores, ball-by-ball updates, match details, player statistics, team rankings, series schedules, and fantasy cricket scorecard data. Coverage spans international and domestic tournaments including ICC events, IPL, T20I, BBL, and PSL. Historical match data is available back to 2000.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  termsOfService: https://cricketdata.org/
  contact:
    email: contact@cricketdata.org
    url: https://cricketdata.org/contact/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://cricketdata.org/pricing/
servers:
- url: https://api.cricapi.com/v1
  description: CricAPI v1 production server
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Generic
  description: Generic helper data (countries, flags)
paths:
  /countries:
    get:
      operationId: listCountries
      summary: List Countries with Flags
      description: 'Returns a list of all countries with their flag image URLs. Supports pagination via the offset parameter.

        '
      tags:
      - Generic
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/apikey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with countries list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountriesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  parameters:
    apikey:
      name: apikey
      in: query
      description: Your subscription API key (GUID format)
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
        example: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: 'Row offset for pagination. Default page size is 25 items. Use totalRows from the info object to determine if more pages exist.

        '
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
        minimum: 0
        example: 0
  schemas:
    CountriesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - success
          - failure
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
        info:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiInfo'
    ApiInfo:
      type: object
      description: Metadata about the API response including rate limit and pagination info
      properties:
        hitsToday:
          type: integer
          description: Number of API hits made today for the current API key
        hitsLimit:
          type: integer
          description: Daily hit limit for the current API key
        credits:
          type: number
          description: Credits remaining in account (optional)
        server:
          type: integer
          description: ID of the server that served this response
        offsetRows:
          type: integer
          description: Row offset applied to this response
        totalRows:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of rows available for this query
        queryTime:
          type: number
          description: Query execution time in milliseconds
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - failure
        reason:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
          example: Invalid API Key
    Country:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique 2-letter country ID
          example: in
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the country
          example: India
        genericFlag:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the country flag (generic)
          example: https://cdorg.b-cdn.net/flags/generic/IN.svg
        fanartFlag:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Fan art version of the country flag (optional)
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Invalid or missing API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            status: failure
            reason: Invalid API Key
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
      description: 'API key for authentication. Obtained from your CricketData.org account. Format: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx (GUID)

        '
externalDocs:
  description: CricAPI Developer Documentation
  url: https://cricketdata.org/how-to-use-cricket-data-api.aspx