realtimesportsapi-com Injuries & Availability API

Injury reports and normalized player availability

Operations 4

GET /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/athletes/{athleteId}/availability-history Get athlete availability history #
GET /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/injuries Get injury report #
GET /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/player-availability Get normalized player availability #
GET /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/player-availability/history Get availability changes feed #

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OpenAPI Specification

realtimesportsapi-com-injuries-availability-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Realtimesportsapi Com Injuries & Availability API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Realtime Sports API support
    email: austin@elcodev.com
    url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/?utm_source=openapi
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/terms?utm_source=openapi
  termsOfService: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/terms?utm_source=openapi
  description: 'Operations tagged Injuries & Availability across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: original.json, realtimesportsapi-com-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
- ApiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Injuries & Availability
  description: Injury reports and normalized player availability
paths:
  /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/athletes/{athleteId}/availability-history:
    get:
      operationId: getAthleteAvailabilityHistory
      tags:
      - Injuries & Availability
      summary: Get athlete availability history
      description: Time series of a player's injury/availability designations, newest first, as observed by our snapshots (every 5 minutes).
      parameters:
      - name: sport
        in: path
        required: true
        description: 'Sport slug: football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer.'
        schema:
          type: string
          example: football
      - name: league
        in: path
        required: true
        description: League slug, e.g. nfl, college-football, nba, mens-college-basketball, mlb, nhl, eng.1, usa.1.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: nfl
      - name: athleteId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Athlete id, as returned by the athletes endpoints.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '3139477'
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum transitions to return (default 100, max 500).
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 100
          default: 100
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
      - name: from
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Only items on or after this ISO-8601 timestamp.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '2026-09-01T00:00:00Z'
          format: date-time
      - name: to
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Only items on or before this ISO-8601 timestamp.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '2026-10-01T00:00:00Z'
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      athleteId:
                        type: string
                      current:
                        type:
                        - object
                        - 'null'
                        allOf:
                        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AvailabilityState'
                      history:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AvailabilityTransition'
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      rateLimit:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimit'
                      count:
                        type: integer
                required:
                - success
                - data
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1
      description: Production
  /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/injuries:
    get:
      operationId: getInjuries
      tags:
      - Injuries & Availability
      summary: Get injury report
      description: Current injuries grouped by team. Without `team` the league-wide feed is truncated by the source to the 25 most recent records per team; with `team` the complete current report is returned. Empty in the off-season.
      parameters:
      - name: sport
        in: path
        required: true
        description: 'Sport slug: football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer.'
        schema:
          type: string
          example: football
      - name: league
        in: path
        required: true
        description: League slug, e.g. nfl, college-football, nba, mens-college-basketball, mlb, nhl, eng.1, usa.1.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: nfl
      - name: team
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter to one team id.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '12'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/InjuryReport'
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      rateLimit:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimit'
                      note:
                        type: string
                required:
                - success
                - data
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1
      description: Production
  /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/player-availability:
    get:
      operationId: getPlayerAvailability
      tags:
      - Injuries & Availability
      summary: Get normalized player availability
      description: One normalized `availability` value per player (OUT, DOUBTFUL, QUESTIONABLE, PROBABLE, DAY_TO_DAY, INJURED_RESERVE, SUSPENDED, AVAILABLE, UNKNOWN).
      parameters:
      - name: sport
        in: path
        required: true
        description: 'Sport slug: football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer.'
        schema:
          type: string
          example: football
      - name: league
        in: path
        required: true
        description: League slug, e.g. nfl, college-football, nba, mens-college-basketball, mlb, nhl, eng.1, usa.1.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: nfl
      - name: team
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter to one team id.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '12'
      - name: status
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter to one normalized availability value.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: OUT
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlayerAvailabilityReport'
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      rateLimit:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimit'
                required:
                - success
                - data
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1
      description: Production
  /sports/{sport}/leagues/{league}/player-availability/history:
    get:
      operationId: getPlayerAvailabilityHistory
      tags:
      - Injuries & Availability
      summary: Get availability changes feed
      description: League-wide feed of availability designation changes, newest first.
      parameters:
      - name: sport
        in: path
        required: true
        description: 'Sport slug: football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer.'
        schema:
          type: string
          example: football
      - name: league
        in: path
        required: true
        description: League slug, e.g. nfl, college-football, nba, mens-college-basketball, mlb, nhl, eng.1, usa.1.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: nfl
      - name: team
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter to one team id.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '12'
      - name: since
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Only changes at or after this time.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '2026-09-01T00:00:00Z'
          format: date-time
      - name: status
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter to one normalized availability value.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: OUT
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Maximum changes to return (default 100, max 500).
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 100
          default: 100
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: true
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/AvailabilityTransition'
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      rateLimit:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimit'
                      count:
                        type: integer
                required:
                - success
                - data
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1
      description: Production
components:
  schemas:
    Injury:
      type: object
      properties:
        athlete:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            displayName:
              type: string
            position:
              type: string
        team:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            displayName:
              type: string
        status:
          type: string
          example: Out
        statusType:
          type: string
        fantasyStatus:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        bodyPart:
          type: string
        location:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
        side:
          type: string
        injuryId:
          type: string
          example: '-2041554'
        returnDate:
          type: string
          example: '2026-10-18'
        practice:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PracticeParticipation'
        date:
          type: string
        shortComment:
          type: string
        longComment:
          type: string
    AvailabilityState:
      type: object
      properties:
        athleteId:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        position:
          type: string
        teamId:
          type: string
        teamName:
          type: string
        availability:
          type: string
          example: QUESTIONABLE
          enum:
          - OUT
          - DOUBTFUL
          - QUESTIONABLE
          - PROBABLE
          - DAY_TO_DAY
          - INJURED_RESERVE
          - SUSPENDED
          - AVAILABLE
          - UNKNOWN
        status:
          type: string
          example: Questionable
        reason:
          type: string
          example: Hamstring
        detail:
          type: string
        reportDate:
          type: string
        observedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        injuryId:
          type: string
        returnDate:
          type: string
          example: '2026-10-18'
        practice:
          type: string
          example: LIMITED
          enum:
          - DNP
          - LIMITED
          - FULL
          description: Parsed from the news note (derived, not a structured provider field).
        practiceDay:
          type: string
          example: Wednesday
        seasonYear:
          type: integer
          example: 2026
        seasonType:
          type: integer
          example: 2
        week:
          type: integer
          example: 5
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              example: MISSING_TOKEN
            message:
              type: string
              example: Authorization required
            hint:
              type: string
              example: 'Use Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key> or X-API-Key: <your-api-key>.'
          required:
          - code
          - message
      required:
      - success
      - error
    AvailabilityTransition:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AvailabilityState'
      - type: object
        properties:
          sport:
            type: string
            example: football
          league:
            type: string
            example: nfl
          previousAvailability:
            type: string
          previousStatus:
            type: string
          changeType:
            type: string
            example: change
            enum:
            - new
            - change
            - cleared
    PlayerAvailabilityReport:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              team:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  displayName:
                    type: string
              players:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlayerAvailability'
        players:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlayerAvailability'
    PracticeParticipation:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          example: LIMITED
          enum:
          - DNP
          - LIMITED
          - FULL
        day:
          type: string
          example: Wednesday
        estimated:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        derived:
          type: boolean
          example: true
      description: Practice participation parsed from the latest news note. Derived, not an official injury-report field; absent when the note does not state it.
    InjuryReport:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              team:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  displayName:
                    type: string
              injuries:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Injury'
        injuries:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Injury'
    RateLimit:
      type: object
      properties:
        limit:
          type: integer
          example: 10000
          description: Calls included this month.
        remaining:
          type: integer
          example: 9876
          description: Calls remaining this month (approximate; updated asynchronously).
        reset:
          type: integer
          example: 1767225600000
          description: Quota reset time, Unix epoch milliseconds.
    PlayerAvailability:
      type: object
      properties:
        athlete:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            displayName:
              type: string
            position:
              type: string
        team:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            displayName:
              type: string
        availability:
          type: string
          example: OUT
          enum:
          - OUT
          - DOUBTFUL
          - QUESTIONABLE
          - PROBABLE
          - DAY_TO_DAY
          - INJURED_RESERVE
          - SUSPENDED
          - AVAILABLE
          - UNKNOWN
        status:
          type: string
        statusType:
          type: string
        reason:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
        injuryId:
          type: string
        returnDate:
          type: string
        practice:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PracticeParticipation'
        date:
          type: string
  responses:
    RateLimitExceeded:
      description: 'Too many requests: either the monthly quota is exhausted (code RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED; upgrade or enable overage) or the plan''s per-second rate was exceeded (code RATE_LIMIT_PER_SECOND; Free 1/s, Starter 5/s, Growth 10/s, Pro 20/s, Scale 100/s). Wait for `Retry-After` seconds.'
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds until you may retry.
          schema:
            type: integer
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: 'Missing, malformed, unknown or expired API key (codes: MISSING_TOKEN, USER_NOT_FOUND, TRIAL_EXPIRED).'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ServerError:
      description: Unexpected error. Safe to retry with backoff.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Your API key from the dashboard: `Authorization: Bearer <api key>`. Keys are opaque strings, not JWTs.'
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Alternative to the Authorization header (useful behind proxies that strip Authorization).
externalDocs:
  description: Guides, WebSocket and webhook docs
  url: https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/docs?utm_source=openapi
x-refined-from:
- original.json
- realtimesportsapi-com-openapi.json