Odds-API.io Participants API

The Participants API from Odds-API.io — 3 operation(s) for participants.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

GET /participants Get Participants #
GET /participants/{id} Get Participant by ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

odds-api-io-participants-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'Odds-API.io is a powerful sports betting odds comparison API, providing real-time data from 450+ bookmakers across 34 sports with near zero latency.


    - 450+ bookmakers supported

    - 34 sports including Football, Basketball, Tennis, Esports and more

    - Real-time odds with close to zero latency

    - Pre-match & In-play odds coverage

    - 99.9% uptime for reliability'
  title: Odds-API.io - Real-Time Sports Betting Odds API (v3)…
  contact: {}
  version: 3.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.odds-api.io/v3
tags:
- name: Participants
paths:
  /participants:
    get:
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      description: Returns participants (teams) for a specified sport
      tags:
      - Participants
      summary: Get Participants
      parameters:
      - description: API key for authentication
        name: apiKey
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - example: '"football"'
        description: Sport name or slug (e.g. Football or football)
        name: sport
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - example: '"Chelsea"'
        description: Search term to filter by name
        name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/dto.ParticipantDto'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
      x-mint:
        metadata:
          description: List the teams and players for a sport with their ids and names, search by name, and get game and short codes for esports teams. Use ids to filter events.
      operationId: getParticipants
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /participants/{id}:
    get:
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      description: Returns a single participant by its unique identifier
      tags:
      - Participants
      summary: Get Participant by ID
      parameters:
      - description: API key for authentication
        name: apiKey
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - example: 38
        description: Participant ID
        name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/dto.ParticipantDto'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
      x-mint:
        metadata:
          description: Get one team or player by participant id, with name and sport, plus game and short code for esports teams. Use it to resolve homeId and awayId on events.
      operationId: getParticipantsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /participants/{id}/logo:
    get:
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      description: 'Returns the team/participant crest as a PNG image, served from the Odds-API domain. Logos are cached server-side; responses carry Cache-Control: public, max-age=86400. Returns 404 when no logo exists for the participant.'
      tags:
      - Participants
      summary: Get Participant Logo
      parameters:
      - description: API key for authentication
        name: apiKey
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - example: 38
        description: Participant ID
        name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PNG image
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
        '502':
          description: 'Bad Gateway: transient upstream failure, retry later'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers.ErrorResponse'
      x-mint:
        metadata:
          description: Get a team or participant crest as a PNG image served from the Odds-API domain and cached for a day. Returns 404 when the participant has no logo.
      operationId: getParticipantsByIdLogo
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    dto.ParticipantDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        sport:
          description: slug format (e.g., "football")
          type: string
        game:
          description: 'Esports only: slug of the game this team plays (e.g. "valorant"). The same organisation has one participant per game.'
          type: string
          example: valorant
        shortCode:
          description: 'Esports only: team short code, when known'
          type: string
          example: G2
    controllers.ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: Error message
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: Your Odds-API.io API key, sent as the apiKey query parameter. Get one at https://odds-api.io/pricing.
x-origin:
- url: https://api.odds-api.io/v3/docs/doc.json
  format: swagger
  version: '2.0'
  converter:
    url: https://github.com/mermade/oas-kit
    version: 7.0.8