TheSportsDB Players API

The Players API from TheSportsDB — 1 operation(s) for players.

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sportsdb-players-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: TheSportsDB Events Players 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: Players
paths:
  /{apiKey}/lookup_all_players.php:
    get:
      operationId: lookupAllPlayers
      tags:
      - Players
      summary: List all players on a team.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Team ID (idTeam).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '133604'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of players.
          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.