TheSportsDB

TheSportsDB Search API

The Search API from TheSportsDB — 4 operation(s) for search.

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Operations 4

GET /{apiKey}/searchteams.php Search for teams by name. #

GET /{apiKey}/searchplayers.php Search for players by name. #

GET /{apiKey}/searchevents.php Search for events by name. #

GET /{apiKey}/searchvenues.php Search for venues by name. #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: TheSportsDB Events Search 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: Search
paths:
  /{apiKey}/searchteams.php:
    get:
      operationId: searchTeams
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search for teams by name.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: t
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Team name to search for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Arsenal
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching teams.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/searchplayers.php:
    get:
      operationId: searchPlayers
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search for players by name.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: p
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Player name to search for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Danny Welbeck
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching players.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/searchevents.php:
    get:
      operationId: searchEvents
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search for events by name.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: e
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Event name to search for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Arsenal_vs_Chelsea
      - name: s
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Season filter.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: 2016-2017
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching events.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /{apiKey}/searchvenues.php:
    get:
      operationId: searchVenues
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search for venues by name.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: v
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Venue name to search for.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Wembley
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching venues.
          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.