The Odds API
The Odds API provides sports betting odds from over 40 major bookmakers worldwide. Access current and historical odds for head-to-head, spreads, totals, and outrights markets across 100+ sports. Endpoints cover live scores, event listings, participants, and historical odds snapshots dating back to June 2020. Quota is consumed per request based on the number of regions and markets requested. All requests require an API key.
The Odds API publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Events API, Historical API, Odds API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Betting, Odds, Sports, Scores, and Historical Data.
The The Odds API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
The Odds API’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, and 13 more developer resources.
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APIs 6
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
The Odds API Events API
Event listings without odds.
The Odds API Historical API
Historical odds and event snapshots.
The Odds API Odds API
Current odds from bookmakers.
The Odds API Participants API
Teams and players in a sport.
The Odds API Scores API
Live and recent game scores.
The Odds API Sports API
Available sports and their keys.
Open Collections 8
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
API Collection
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Odds Events API
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Odds Events Historical API
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Events Odds API
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Odds Events Participants API
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Odds Events Scores API
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Odds Events Sports API
OPEN COLLECTIONThe Odds API
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Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
The Odds Api Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
The Odds Api Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
The Odds Api Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
The Odds API API Rules
SPECTRALThe Odds API API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 1
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
The Odds API Event
JSON SCHEMAJSON Structure 1
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
The Odds Api Event Structure
JSON STRUCTUREExamples 1
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
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Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Source (apis.yml)
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