Highlightly

Highlightly is a real-time sports data and highlights API covering football, basketball, American football, hockey, baseball, cricket, rugby, volleyball, and handball across 950+ leagues. Its REST APIs serve live scores, matches, standings, team and player statistics, head-to-head records, odds, and on-demand video highlight clips, available directly via highlightly.net hosts or through RapidAPI.

Highlightly publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Catalog API, Highlights API, Matches API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Sports, Sports Data, Live Scores, Odds, and Highlights.

The Highlightly catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Highlightly’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, and 7 more developer resources.

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28.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
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Sports Sports Data Live Scores Odds Highlights

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Composite quality — 28.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 9.7 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 5.5 / 17

Access Clarity 1.3 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11

Contract Governance 1.4 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.8 / 15

Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 32.1 — up to +13.6 composite points
Contract Quality scores 45.7 — up to +13.6 composite points

Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Highlightly Catalog API

The Catalog API from Highlightly — 4 operation(s) for catalog.

Highlightly Highlights API

The Highlights API from Highlightly — 3 operation(s) for highlights.

Highlightly Matches API

The Matches API from Highlightly — 6 operation(s) for matches.

Highlightly Odds API

The Odds API from Highlightly — 3 operation(s) for odds.

Highlightly Standings API

The Standings API from Highlightly — 1 operation(s) for standings.

Highlightly Statistics API

The Statistics API from Highlightly — 5 operation(s) for statistics.

Highlightly Teams API

The Teams API from Highlightly — 2 operation(s) for teams.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Highlightly Sports Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly Sports Catalog Highlights API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly Sports Catalog Matches API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly Sports Catalog Odds API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly Sports Catalog Standings API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly Sports Catalog Statistics API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly Sports Catalog Teams API

OPEN COLLECTION

Highlightly

OPEN COLLECTION

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Highlightly API pricing

Not yet checked against Highlightly's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-25 from highlightly.net/football-api/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Basic free	Free
Pro subscription	—
Ultra subscription	—
Mega subscription	—

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Rate limits

Daily Request Quota (Basic): 100 per day requests
Daily Request Quota (Pro): 7500 per day requests
Daily Request Quota (Ultra): 25000 per day requests

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Highlightly's documentation. All 7 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Highlightly Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Highlightly Rate Limits

7 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Highlightly

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Highlightly Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Highlightly API Rules

56 rules · 54 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Highlightly Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Highlightly Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Highlightly Agentic Access

24 operations

24 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: highlightly
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/highlightly/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Highlightly
kind: company
description: Highlightly is a real-time sports data and highlights API covering football, basketball, American football, hockey,
  baseball, cricket, rugby, volleyball, and handball across 950+ leagues. Its REST APIs serve live scores, matches, standings,
  team and player statistics, head-to-head records, odds, and on-demand video highlight clips, available directly via highlightly.net
  hosts or through RapidAPI.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/highlightly.png
tags:
- Sports
- Sports Data
- Live Scores
- Odds
- Highlights
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-catalog-api
  name: Highlightly Catalog API
  description: The Catalog API from Highlightly — 4 operation(s) for catalog.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-highlights-api
  name: Highlightly Highlights API
  description: The Highlights API from Highlightly — 3 operation(s) for highlights.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Highlights
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-highlights-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-matches-api
  name: Highlightly Matches API
  description: The Matches API from Highlightly — 6 operation(s) for matches.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Matches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-matches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-odds-api
  name: Highlightly Odds API
  description: The Odds API from Highlightly — 3 operation(s) for odds.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Odds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-odds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-standings-api
  name: Highlightly Standings API
  description: The Standings API from Highlightly — 1 operation(s) for standings.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Standings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-standings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-statistics-api
  name: Highlightly Statistics API
  description: The Statistics API from Highlightly — 5 operation(s) for statistics.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Statistics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-statistics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
- aid: highlightly:highlightly-teams-api
  name: Highlightly Teams API
  description: The Teams API from Highlightly — 2 operation(s) for teams.
  humanURL: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  baseURL: https://sports.highlightly.net
  tags:
  - Team
  tags_raw:
  - Teams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/highlightly-teams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://highlightly.net/documentation/football/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/highlightly.opencollection.json
common:
- url: https://highlightly.net/blogs
  type: Blog
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/highlightly-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/highlightly-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/highlightly-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/highlightly
- type: Website
  url: https://highlightly.net/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/highlightly-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/highlightly-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/highlightly-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Highlightly API — frequently asked questions

Does Highlightly have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Highlightly, including Highlightly Catalog API, Highlightly Highlights API and Highlightly Matches API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Highlightly API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Highlightly, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Highlightly API?

Highlightly uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Highlightly Authentication.

How much does the Highlightly API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for Highlightly, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Highlightly API ready for AI agents?

Highlightly has a Kin Score of 28.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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