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What are includes?

Includes are the cornerstone of our API and allow you to enrich and customize your requests. This flexibility is what distinguishes Sportmonks from all competitors. This manner of flexibility lets you receive the specific data that interests you. Each endpoint comes with a list of includes. For more information, please refer to our

You can see includes as something like an add-on to an endpoint. In this tutorial, we will show and explain what includes are and how you can make use of them. Don’t worry, though; using includes is relatively straightforward!

Creating the request

In this tutorial, our goal is to analyze a match played on the 2nd of August 2020. We want to know who the teams are and what events (goals, cards, substitutions) happened during the match. Our starting endpoint will be :

The date is in YYYY-MM-DD format:

https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/fixtures/date/2020-08-02?api_token={API_TOKEN}

This request will give you all the fixtures of a specific date. In our case, the 2nd of August 2020, which is what we want.

Note that you only have access to the that are available in your plan.

Evaluating the response

All of our endpoints will give you a ‘basic’ response by default. As you can see, we will receive information mostly containing unique ids.

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 16475287,
            "league_id": 501,
            "season_id": 17141,
            "stage_id": 77447501,
            "round_id": 194968,
            "group_id": null,
            "aggregate_id": null,
            "venue_id": 8909,
            "referee_id": 14859,
            "localteam_id": 53,
            "visitorteam_id": 338,
            "winner_team_id": 53,
            "weather_report": {
                "code": "clouds",
                "type": "few clouds",
                "icon": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/weather/02d.png",
                "temperature": {
                    "temp": 59.94,
                    "unit": "fahrenheit"
                },
                "temperature_celcius": {
                    "temp": 15.5,
                    "unit": "celcius"
                },
                "clouds": "20%",
                "humidity": "67%",
                "pressure": 1014,
                "wind": {
                    "speed": "10.29 m/s",
                    "degree": 300
                },
                "coordinates": {
                    "lat": 55.87,
                    "lon": -4.26
                },
                "updated_at": "2020-08-02T17:15:04.814798Z"
            },
            "commentaries": false,
            "attendance": null,
            "pitch": null,
            "details": null,
            "neutral_venue": false,
            "winning_odds_calculated": true,
            "formations": {
                "localteam_formation": "4-2-3-1",
                "visitorteam_formation": "4-4-2"
            },
            "scores": {
                "localteam_score": 5,
                "visitorteam_score": 1,
                "localteam_pen_score": null,
                "visitorteam_pen_score": null,
                "ht_score": "2-1",
                "ft_score": "5-1",
                "et_score": null,
                "ps_score": null
            },
            "time": {
                "status": "FT",
                "starting_at": {
                    "date_time": "2020-08-02 15:30:00",
                    "date": "2020-08-02",
                    "time": "15:30:00",
                    "timestamp": 1596382200,
                    "timezone": "UTC"
                },
                "minute": 90,
                "second": null,
                "added_time": null,
                "extra_minute": null,
                "injury_time": null
            },
            "coaches": {
                "localteam_coach_id": 1467946,
                "visitorteam_coach_id": 30082158
            },
            "standings": {
                "localteam_position": 1,
                "visitorteam_position": 12
            },
            "assistants": {
                "first_assistant_id": 12118,
                "second_assistant_id": 17249,
                "fourth_official_id": 15815
            },
            "leg": "1/1",
            "colors": {
                "localteam": {
                    "color": "#007848",
                    "kit_colors": "#F0F0F0,#139343,#5B0623,#0A0A0A,#5C8FAE,#FFDF1B,#F0F0F0"
                },
                "visitorteam": {
                    "color": "#0046A8",
                    "kit_colors": "#0046A8,#0046A8,#0046A8,#0046A8,#C40010,#0046A8,#0046A8"
                }
            },
            "deleted": false,
            "is_placeholder": false,
        }
    ],

Field

Description

data

Opens an array of data you've requested

id

A unique fixture id

league_id

The unique id of the league the fixture belongs to

season_id

The unique id of the season the fixture belongs to

stage_id

The unique id of the stage the fixture belongs to

round_id

The unique id of the round the fixture belongs to

group_id

The unique id of the group the fixture belongs to

aggregate_id

Indicates if the fixture has an aggregated score

venue_id

The unique id of the venue the fixture is played at

referee_id

The unique id of the referee that is in charge of the fixture

localteam_id

The unique id of the local team

visitorteam_id

The unique id of the visitor team

winnerteam_id

Contains the id of the team that won the fixture

weather_report

commentaries

Indicates if this fixture has commentaries available

attendance

Give information about the visitor attendance of the fixture

pitch

details

Optional additional information.

neutral_venue

Indicates if the fixture was played at a neutral fixture. This often happens in cup finals

formations

scores

Opens an array containing the scores of the fixture

localteam_score

The number of goals the local team has scored in this fixture

visitorteam_score

The number of goals the visitor team has scored in this fixture

localteam_pen_score

The number of penalty goals the local team has scored in this fixture (only available when the fixture goes into penalty shootout)

visitorteam_pen_score

The number of penalty goals the visitor team has scored in this fixture (only available when the fixture goes into penalty shootout)

ht_score

The score at halftime

ft_score

The score at full time (90 minutes)

et_score

The score in extra time (only available when the fixture goes into extra time)

ps_score

The score of the penalty shootout (only available when the fixture goes into penalty shootout)

time

Opens an array containing the time details of the fixture

status

starting_at

Opens an array containing the time details of the fixture

date_time

Gives the date and time the fixture starts

date

Gives the date on which the fixture is played

time

Gives the starting time of the fixture

timestamp

The timestamp notation of the match

timezone

Indicates in which timezone you've requested the data

minute

Indicates in which minute the fixture is in

second

Indicates in which second the fixture is in

added_time

Indicates how much added time is added

extra_minute

Extra minute is when a fixture goes to extra time. Extra_minute will count from 0 to 15 and from 15 to 30.

injury_time

In case of added time, it will end up in injury_minute

coaches

Opens an array containing the unique id's of the coaches

localteam_coach_id

The unique id of the coach from the local team

visitorteam_coach_id

The unique id of the coach from the visitor team

standings

Opens an array containing the standings of the local- and visitor team

localteam_position

Indicates in which positions the local team is before the fixture

visitorteam_position

Indicates in which positions the visitor team is before the fixture

assistants

Opens an array containing the unique id's of the assistant referees

first_assistant_id

The unique id of the first assistant

second_assistant_id

The unique id of the second assistant

fourth_official_id

The unique id of the fourth official

leg

Indicates in how many legs this fixture is played

colors

Opens an array containing information about the team colors

localteam

Opens an array containing information about the local team colors

color

The main color code of the local team

kit_colors

The kit color codes of the local team

visitorteam

Opens an array containing information about the visitor team colors

color

The main color code of the visitor team

kit_colors

The kit color codes of the local team

deleted

is_placeholder

This property indicates if the resource is used to display dummy data. The false of this property will always be a boolean value.

You can see the fixture id, the local and visitor teams’ id, and the full-time score. However, what if we want to know more about the participating teams, their team names, or what their logos look like?

Enrich your response with includes!

This is where includes come into play. By merely adding&include=localTeam,visitorTeamto the request, we have successfully used includes. This request will show you the extra data about the home and visitor teams because we've ‘included’ information about the local and visitor teams.

https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/fixtures/date/2020-08-02?api_token={API_TOKEN}&include=localTeam,visitorTeam

As you can see, there is an extra part included in comparison to the basic response:

             "localTeam": {
                "data": {
                    "id": 53,
                    "legacy_id": 152,
                    "name": "Celtic",
                    "short_code": "CEL",
                    "twitter": null,
                    "country_id": 1161,
                    "national_team": false,
                    "founded": 1888,
                    "logo_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images//soccer/teams/21/53.png",
                    "venue_id": 8909,
                    "current_season_id": 17141
                }
            },
            "visitorTeam": {
                "data": {
                    "id": 338,
                    "legacy_id": 693,
                    "name": "Hamilton Academical",
                    "short_code": "HMA",
                    "twitter": null,
                    "country_id": 1161,
                    "national_team": false,
                    "founded": 1874,
                    "logo_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images//soccer/teams/18/338.png",
                    "venue_id": 288196,
                    "current_season_id": 17141
                }
            }
            
        }

Field

Description

localTeam

Opens an array with information about the local team

id

The unique id of the local team

legacy_id

This was for our API version 1.0. It's only of use for old users of our API

name

The name of the local team

short_code

The shortcode of the local team

twitter

The official Twitter page of the local team

country_id

The unique country id the local team belongs to

national_team

Indicates if the local team is a national team

founded

The year when the local team was founded

logo_path

The logo URL path of the local team logo

venue_id

The official venue of the local team

current_season_id

The unique id of the domestic season the local team is active in

visitorTeam

Opens an array with information about the visitor team

id

The unique id of the visitor team

legacy_id

This was for our API version 1.0. It's only of use for old users of our API

name

The name of the visitor team

short_code

The shortcode of the visitor team

twitter

The official Twitter page of the visitor team

country_id

The unique country id the visitor team belongs to

national_team

Indicates if the visitor team is a national team

founded

The year when the visitor team was founded

logo_path

The logo URL path of the visitor team logo

venue_id

The official venue of the visitor team

current_season_id

The unique id of the domestic season the visitor team is active in

The API will give you all the information about the local and visitor teams. You can see the team names, the logos when the team was founded, the venue id, and the id of the current season they’re participating in.

Like shooting fish in a barrel, right?

But we’re not done yet! We still want to know about the events (goals, cards, and substitutions) that happened during the match. Our API has close to no limit on the number of includes per endpoint. This allows you to request all the extra data you want in the same request. So, we can simply add the include events to our request:

https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/fixtures/date/2020-08-02?api_token={API_TOKEN}&include=localTeam,visitorTeam,events

And we'll get all the events per fixture. You can view a snippet of the response below.

             "events": {
                "data": [
                    {
                        "id": 16475287001,
                        "team_id": "338",
                        "type": "yellowcard",
                        "var_result": null,
                        "fixture_id": 16475287,
                        "player_id": 174161,
                        "player_name": "S. Martin",
                        "related_player_id": null,
                        "related_player_name": null,
                        "minute": 17,
                        "extra_minute": null,
                        "reason": null,
                        "injuried": null,
                        "result": null
                    },
                    {
                        "id": 16475287002,
                        "team_id": "53",
                        "type": "goal",
                        "var_result": null,
                        "fixture_id": 16475287,
                        "player_id": 96792,
                        "player_name": "O. Édouard",
                        "related_player_id": 173080,
                        "related_player_name": "G. Taylor",
                        "minute": 20,
                        "extra_minute": null,
                        "reason": null,
                        "injuried": null,
                        "result": "1-0"
                    },
                    {
                        "id": 16475287003,
                        "team_id": "53",
                        "type": "goal",
                        "var_result": null,
                        "fixture_id": 16475287,
                        "player_id": 8403182,
                        "player_name": "J. Frimpong",
                        "related_player_id": 173080,
                        "related_player_name": "G. Taylor",
                        "minute": 31,
                        "extra_minute": null,
                        "reason": null,
                        "injuried": null,
                        "result": "2-0"
                    },
                    {
                        "id": 16475287004,
                        "team_id": "338",
                        "type": "own-goal",
                        "var_result": null,
                        "fixture_id": 16475287,
                        "player_id": 32761,
                        "player_name": "C. Jullien",
                        "related_player_id": null,
                        "related_player_name": null,
                        "minute": 34,
                        "extra_minute": null,
                        "reason": null,
                        "injuried": null,
                        "result": "2-1"
                    },
                    {
                        "id": 16475287005,
                        "team_id": "338",
                        "type": "yellowcard",
                        "var_result": null,
                        "fixture_id": 16475287,
                        "player_id": 173774,
                        "player_name": "R. Callachan",
                        "related_player_id": null,
                        "related_player_name": null,
                        "minute": 36,
                        "extra_minute": null,
                        "reason": null,
                        "injuried": null,
                        "result": null
                    },               
                ],
            }

Field

Description

id

The unique id of an event

team_id

The id of team the event belongs to

type

var_result

fixture_id

The unique id of the fixture

player_id

The unique id of the main player involved in the event

player_name

The name of the main player involved in the event

related_player_id

The unique id of the second player involved in the event (if applicable)

related_player_name

The name of the second player involved in the event (if applicable)

minute

The minute of the fixture the event happened in

extra_minute

The extra minute of the fixture the event happened in (if applicable)

reason

The reason for the event. Mostly available when the event is a card. (if applicable)

injuried

Indicates if the event resulted in an injured player

results

The result of the event. Mostly available when the event is a goal. (if applicable)

Now we have extra information about the participating teams and all the events of a fixture! Just like that, we have achieved our goal. Includes are basically add-ons that you can use with your request for additional information. The endpoint provides basic data, while the include gives you extra information.

Conclusion

Opens an array of weather details. Possible values of the data in this array can be found in our

Gives information about the pitch. Possible values can be found in our

Opens an array containing the lineup formations of the teams. Possible values can be found in our

Indicates in which phase the fixture is in. Possible values can be found in our

Indicates if the team was deleted. More information:

The event type. Possible values can be found in our

The outcome of the Video Assistant Referee intervention. Possible values can be found in our

Not all includes work with every endpoint. So please make sure that you check which includes are available per endpoint in our

There are also more advanced, includes called nested includes. These are relationships of relationships. You can already check out our for more information.

Not seeing all the data you expected to see? Check out our tutorial about .

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