TheSports

TheSports Competitions API

Football competition and league data

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Operations 3

GET /football/country/list List Countries #
GET /football/competition/list List Competitions #
GET /football/competition/additional Get Competition Details #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.thesports.com/docs

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/thesports/openapi/thesports-competitions-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/thesports/json-schema/thesports-country-list-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/thesports/json-schema/thesports-competition-list-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/thesports/json-schema/thesports-competition-details-response-schema.json

Other Resources

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Website
https://www.thesports.com/
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Pricing
https://www.thesports.com/api
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FreeTrial
https://www.thesports.com/api

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OpenAPI Specification

thesports-competitions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: TheSports Football Competitions API
  description: TheSports Football API provides real-time football data feeds covering competitions, teams, players, matches, live scores, lineups, statistics, standings, and match analysis worldwide. Supports football and soccer leagues including major domestic competitions and international tournaments.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.thesports.com/
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
servers:
- url: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  description: TheSports API v1
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Competitions
  description: Football competition and league data
paths:
  /football/country/list:
    get:
      operationId: listCountries
      summary: List Countries
      description: Returns a list of all countries covered by the API.
      tags:
      - Competitions
      parameters:
      - name: user_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API authentication key.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of countries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryListResponse'
  /football/competition/list:
    get:
      operationId: listCompetitions
      summary: List Competitions
      description: Returns all football competitions and leagues.
      tags:
      - Competitions
      parameters:
      - name: user_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API authentication key.
      - name: country_id
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by country ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of competitions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompetitionListResponse'
  /football/competition/additional:
    get:
      operationId: getCompetitionDetails
      summary: Get Competition Details
      description: Returns detailed information about a specific competition.
      tags:
      - Competitions
      parameters:
      - name: user_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API authentication key.
      - name: competition_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The competition ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Competition details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompetitionDetailsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CountryListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        message:
          type: string
          example: ok
        results:
          type: object
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            data:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
    CompetitionDetailsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        results:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Competition'
    Competition:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        short_name:
          type: string
        logo:
          type: string
        country_id:
          type: string
        country_name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: integer
        cur_season_id:
          type: string
        cur_stage_id:
          type: string
    Country:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        logo:
          type: string
    CompetitionListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        results:
          type: object
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            data:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Competition'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: user_key
      description: API key for authentication, obtained from TheSports developer portal.
externalDocs:
  description: TheSports Data API Documentation
  url: https://www.thesports.com/docs