TheSportsDB

TheSportsDB Lookup API

The Lookup API from TheSportsDB — 5 operation(s) for lookup.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: TheSportsDB Events Lookup API
  description: REST API for TheSportsDB, an open, crowd-sourced database of sports artwork and metadata. The V1 API returns JSON for searches, lookups, leagues, players, teams, events, schedules, and video highlights, with the API key supplied as a path segment. The free test key is "3" (also documented as "123"). Premium V2 endpoints (livescores) authenticate with an API key in the X-API-KEY header.
  termsOfService: https://www.thesportsdb.com/
  contact:
    name: TheSportsDB
    url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/documentation
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
  description: V1 REST API; append the API key as the next path segment (e.g. /3/).
tags:
- name: Lookup
paths:
  /{apiKey}/lookupleague.php:
    get:
      operationId: lookupLeague
      tags:
      - Lookup
      summary: Look up league details by league ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: League ID (idLeague).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '4328'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: League details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/lookupteam.php:
    get:
      operationId: lookupTeam
      tags:
      - Lookup
      summary: Look up team details by team ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Team ID (idTeam).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '133604'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Team details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/lookupplayer.php:
    get:
      operationId: lookupPlayer
      tags:
      - Lookup
      summary: Look up player details by player ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Player ID (idPlayer).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '34145937'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Player details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/lookupevent.php:
    get:
      operationId: lookupEvent
      tags:
      - Lookup
      summary: Look up event details by event ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Event ID (idEvent).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '441613'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Event details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/lookupvenue.php:
    get:
      operationId: lookupVenue
      tags:
      - Lookup
      summary: Look up venue details by venue ID.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Venue ID (idVenue).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '16163'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Venue details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: apiKey
      in: path
      required: true
      description: API key path segment. The free test key is "3" (also documented as "123").
      schema:
        type: string
        default: '3'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
      description: Premium V2 API key supplied in the X-API-KEY request header.