GET Last Updated Coaches

Returns all the coaches that have received updates in the past two hours.

Base URL

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/latest

Example Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 50,
      "player_id": 50,
      "sport_id": 1,
      "country_id": 462,
      "nationality_id": null,
      "city_id": null,
      "common_name": "S. Gerrard",
      "firstname": "Steven",
      "lastname": "Gerrard",
      "name": "Steven Gerrard",
      "display_name": "Steven Gerrard",
      "image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/players/18/50.png",
      "height": 183,
      "weight": 83,
      "date_of_birth": "1980-05-30",
      "gender": "male"
    }
  ],

Field Description

Field	Description	Type
id	Refers to the unique id of the coach	integer
player_id	Refers to the player related to the coach	integer
sport_id	Refers to the sport related to the coach	integer
country_id	Refers to the country of the coach	integer
nationality_id	Refers to the nationality of the coach	integer
city_id	Refers to the birthcity of the coach	string
common_name	Returns to the common name of the coach	string
firstname	Returns the first name of the coach	string
lastname	Returns the last name of the coach	string
name	Returns the first and last name of the coach	string
display_name	Returns the name that is often used to display in applications	string
image_path	Image path to the coach' headshot	string
height	Returns the height of the coach	integer
weight	Returns the weight of the coach	integer
date_of_birth	Returns the date of birth of the coach	string
gender	Returns the gender of the coach	string

Query Parameters

Name	Required?	Description
api_token	YES Another option is to provide the API token in the header.	Your unique API token. Ex. ?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN
include	NO	Enrich the API response with more data by using includes. Ex. &include=participants;events
select	NO	Select specific fields on the base entity. Read how to select fields in our tutorial.
filters	NO	Filter the API response on multiple related entities. There are static filters and dynamic filters.​ Please find the possibilities in the Static and Dynamic Filter tab.
locale	NO	Translate name fields of the API Response in your selected language. Find more information and which languages are available on our translations page.

Static Filters

Static filters are always the same and filter in one specific way without any custom options. Each static filter is listed below and has a description of how it filters. For more information, please look at our Filters page.

Static Filters	Available on Entity	Description	Example
N/A	N/A	Not available on this endpoint	N/A

Dynamic Filters

The dynamic filters are based on entities and includes. Each dynamic filter uses an entity to filter on and one entity to apply the filter on. Below are examples with explanations of how filters are set up. For more information, please look at our Filters page.

Using an include? Check their respective filters on their entity page. For example if you use &include=fixtures, you can apply fixture-related filters.

Dynamic Filters	Available on Entity	Description	Examples
detailTypes	Statistics Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter the coach statistics (detailTypes) on a selection of types separated by a comma.	&include=statistics.details.type&filters=coachstatisticdetailTypes:typeIDS &include=statistics.details.type&filters=coachstatisticdetailTypes:59
seasons	Statistics (players, team, coaches, referees), Standings, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter coach statistics based on seasons.	&include=statistics.details.type&filters=coachstatisticSeasons:seasonIDS &include=statistics.details.type&filters=coachstatisticSeasons:19735

Definition of “Latest Updated”

This endpoint returns every coach whose data has changed in the last two hours. The coach data fields include country_id, nationality_id, city_id, weight, and gender. The two-hour update window is fixed and cannot be altered.

A change in any of these fields during the last two hours means that the coach's record is included in the response:

1. country_id

   • Change means the coach’s associated country has been modified.

2. nationality_id

   • Change means the coach’s nationality assignment has been modified or added.

3. city_id

   • Change means the coach’s city association has been modified or added.

4. weight

   • Change means the coach’s weight value (in kilograms) was adjusted.

5. gender

   • Change means the coach’s gender field was modified.

Frequency of updates & no-change responses

Any coach with at least one of the above fields changed in the last two hours will appear on each API call. If no coach record changed during that window, the API returns HTTP 200 with an empty data array. An empty array means there is nothing new to process.

Polling frequency & rate limits

• It is recommended to poll every 1h 59m 55s or 1h 59m 58s to reduce end-to-end latency.

• Monitor for network jitter and clock skew to avoid missing updates or sending duplicate requests.

Caching strategy & best practices

1. Cache all returned fields per coach in your local store.

2. On each response, compare each coach’s new payload against the cache.

3. Discard coach records with no actual differences.

4. Update the cache with only the changed records.

5. Cache rarely changing lookup data (such as country and city names) locally.

6. If you observe long runs of empty responses, back off your polling frequency temporarily to reduce unnecessary calls.

Filters

More information on how to use filters can be found in our tutorials on how to filter. If you want more information on which filters to use, you can check out the following endpoint:

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/my/filters/entity?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Pagination

YES

Include depth

You can use a total of 3 nested includes on this endpoint

Include options

sport country teams statistics nationality trophies player fixtures

Related Entities:

Get an overview and explanation of all the fields returned in the API response. The related entities for the coaches endpoints are:

• Coach

Postman

We also offer detailed postman documentation with examples and a complete up-to-date version of all our endpoints. Below is a button that lets your fork the collection or import it.

Code Example

Ruby

require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.sportmonks.com")
payload = ''
headers = {}
conn.request("GET", "/v3/football/coaches/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $respons

Java

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN")
  .method("GET", null)
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

Node.js

var unirest = require('unirest');
var req = unirest('GET', 'https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN')
  .end(function (res) { 
    if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error); 
    console.log(res.raw_body);
  });

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/coaches/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN"
  method := "GET"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}