iSports API

iSports API Basketball Live animation API

The Basketball Live animation API from iSports API — 1 operation(s) for basketball live animation.

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GET /sport/basketball/liveanimation/schedule Schedule & Results #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: iSports Basketball Live animation API
  version: '2026-08-09'
  description: 'Key-authenticated REST/HTTP data feeds for football (soccer) and basketball: livescores, schedules and results, match events, lineups, live text, statistics, standings, player and team profiles, transfers, referees, multi-language name packs, live-animation feeds, and pre-match / in-play / historical odds across 200+ bookmakers.'
  termsOfService: https://www.isportsapi.com/en/home/terms.html
  contact:
    name: iSports API
    url: https://www.isportsapi.com/en/
  x-derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
  x-derived-from: https://www.isportsapi.com/en/docs.html
  x-derived-on: '2026-08-09'
servers:
- url: https://api.isportsapi.com
  description: Primary API host
- url: https://api2.isportsapi.com
  description: Alternate host, documented for when the primary host is slow or unreachable
security:
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Basketball Live animation
paths:
  /sport/basketball/liveanimation/schedule:
    get:
      operationId: getBasketballLiveanimationSchedule
      summary: Schedule & Results
      description: 'This API is used to get the results of live basketball animation matches;

        The return schedule time range is the past 4 hours and the next 24 hours.'
      tags:
      - Basketball Live animation
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Standard iSports envelope. `code` 0 indicates success; a non-zero `code` carries the error in `message` (HTTP status is 200 in both cases).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: integer
                    description: 0 on success; 2 on invalid/illegal api_key
                  message:
                    type: string
                    description: '"success" on success; otherwise the error message'
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        matchId:
                          type: string
                        leagueId:
                          type: string
                        leagueName:
                          type: string
                          description: Short name, e.g. NBA.
                        quarterCount:
                          type: integer
                          description: '2: the match has 2 quarter

                            4: the match has 4 quarter'
                        matchTime:
                          type: integer
                          description: Match scheduled time, unix timestamp
                        status:
                          type: integer
                          description: "0: Not started \n 1: The first quarter \n 2: The second quarter \n 3: The third quarter \n 4: The fourth quarter \n 5: The first OT \n 6: The second OT \n 7: The third OT \n 50: Half-time \n -1: Finished \n -2: TBD \n -3: Interrupted \n -4: Cancelled \n -5: Postponed"
                        quarterRemainTime:
                          type: string
                        homeId:
                          type: string
                        homeName:
                          type: string
                        homeRank:
                          type: integer
                          description: League ranking of home team
                        awayId:
                          type: string
                        awayName:
                          type: string
                        awayRank:
                          type: integer
                          description: League ranking of away team
                        homeScore:
                          type: integer
                          description: Total score of home team
                        awayScore:
                          type: integer
                          description: Total score of away team
                        homeFirstQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        awayFirstQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        homeSecondQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        awaySecondQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        homeThirdQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        awayThirdQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        homeFourthQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        awayFourthQuarterScore:
                          type: integer
                        overTimeCount:
                          type: integer
                          description: Number of overtime
                        homeFirstOverTimeScore:
                          type: integer
                        awayFirstOverTimeScore:
                          type: integer
                        homeSecondOverTimeScore:
                          type: integer
                        awaySecondOverTimeScore:
                          type: integer
                        homeThirdOverTimeScore:
                          type: integer
                        awayThirdOverTimeScore:
                          type: integer
                        leagueSeason:
                          type: string
                          description: Season of league
                        matchType:
                          type: integer
                          description: "1: Regular \n 2: post-season \n 3: Pre-season \n -1: No classification"
                        hasStats:
                          type: boolean
                          description: Is there stats data?
                        explain:
                          type: string
                          description: 'Return to the live text of the match, e.g. [Spurs][SAS] Team Timeout: Regular.'
                        playoffsId:
                          type: string
                        stageId:
                          type: string
                        roundType:
                          type: string
                          description: "For cups, e.g. Groups \n For league playoffs, e.g. Western 1 Round"
                        group:
                          type: string
                          description: Group name of the cup, e.g. A.
                        neutral:
                          type: boolean
                          description: Is it a neutral venue?
      externalDocs:
        description: iSports API documentation
        url: https://www.isportsapi.com/en/docs.html?id=240
      x-documentation:
      - https://www.isportsapi.com/en/docs.html?id=240
      x-rate-limit: This interface is limited to 10 seconds/call;
      x-recommended-call-frequency: 60 seconds/call
      x-plan-products:
      - Live Animation
      x-doc-modified: '2026-07-03'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: Personal API key issued from the iSports account settings page and passed on every request as the `api_key` query parameter.
externalDocs:
  description: iSports API documentation
  url: https://www.isportsapi.com/en/docs.html