GET Fixtures by Search by Name

Returns all the fixtures that match your search query.

Base URL

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}

Example Response

    {
            "id": 19146697,
            "sport_id": 1,
            "league_id": 501,
            "season_id": 23690,
            "stage_id": 77471570,
            "group_id": null,
            "aggregate_id": null,
            "round_id": 340573,
            "state_id": 5,
            "venue_id": 336296,
            "name": "Hearts vs Rangers",
            "starting_at": "2024-08-03 11:30:00",
            "result_info": "Game ended in draw.",
            "leg": "1/1",
            "details": null,
            "length": 90,
            "placeholder": false,
            "has_odds": true,
            "has_premium_odds": true,
            "starting_at_timestamp": 1722684600
        }

Field Description

Field	Description	Type
id	Refers the unique id of the fixture	integer
sport_id	Refers to the sport the fixture is played at	integer
league_id	Refers to the league the fixture is played in	integer
season_id	Refers to the seasons the fixture is played in	integer
stage_id	Refers to the stage the fixture is played in	integer
group_id	Refers to the group the fixture is played in	integer / null
aggregate_id	Refers to the aggregate the fixture is played at	integer / null
state_id	Refers to the state the fixture is played at	integer
round_id	Refers to the round the fixture is played at	integer / null
state_id	Refers to the state the fixture is played at	integer
venue_id	Refers to the venue the fixture is played at	integer / null
name	Represents the name of the participants	string / null
starting_at	Datetime object representing the start time	date / null
result_info	Represents the final result info	string / null
leg	Represents the leg of the fixture	string
details	Represents details about the fixture	string / null
length	Length of the fixture (minutes)	integer / null

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.
sortBy	NO	Order by specific fields on the base entity. For more information check out this page.
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
participantSearch	Fixture	Filter on the matches of specific participants.	&include=participants&filters=participantSearch:Celtic
todayDate	Fixture	Filter all fixtures to find only the fixtures of today.	&filters=todayDate
venues	Fixture	Find all fixtures that are played in a specific venue.	&include=venue&filters=venues:venueIDs &include=venue&filters=venues:10,12
Deleted	Fixture	Filter on deleted fixtures only. This filter helps to keep your database in sync.	&filters=Deleted
markets	Odds	Filter the odds on a selection of markets separated by a comma.	&include=odds&filters=markets:marketIDs &include=odds&filters=markets:12,14
bookmakers	Odds	Filter the odds on a selection of bookmakers separated by a comma. (e.g: 2,14).	&include=odds&filters=bookmakers:bookmakerIDs &include=odds&filters=bookmakers:2,14
WinningOdds	Odds	Filter all winning odds.	&include=odds&filters=WinningOdds

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 to. Below is an example with an explanation 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=participants you can apply team-related filters.

Dynamic Filters	Available on Entity	Description	Examples
types	Statistics, Events, Lineup, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter the statistics, events and more on a selection of type ids separated by a comma.	&include=statistics&filters=statisticTypes:TypeIDs &include=statistics&filters=statisticTypes:42,49 &include=events&filters=eventTypes:14
states	Fixtures Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter the states of fixtures separated by a comma.	&include=state&filters=fixtureStates:StateIDs &include=state&filters=fixtureStates:1
leagues	Fixtures, Seasons, Standings, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter the fixtures based on leagues and their rounds.	&filters=fixtureLeagues:leagueIDs &filters=fixtureLeagues:501,271
groups	Fixtures, Standing, and more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter the fixtures based on groups. Get their fixtures and standings.	&include=group&filters=fixtureGroups:groupIDs &include=group&filters=fixtureGroups:246691
countries	Coaches, Leagues, Players, Teams, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter the coaches, leagues, players and more based on countries.	&include=coaches&filters=coachCountries:CountryIDs &include=coaches&filters=coachCountries:1161
seasons	Statistics (players, team, coaches, referees), Standings, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.	Filter statistics, standings and topscorers based on seasons.	&include=season.statistics&filters=seasonStatisticTypes:TypeIDs &include=season.statistics&filters=seasonStatisticTypes:52

Filters

More information on how to use filters can be found on 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

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description	Example
order	No	Returns fixtures ordered by starting_at (asc or desc). Defaults to asc	&order=desc
per_page	No	The amount of results to return per page (max 50.). Defaults to 25.	&per_page=30
page	No	You can paginate using the has_more parameter to determine if you can still propagate through the results.	&page=2

Include depth

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

Include options

sport round stage group aggregate league seasoncoaches tvStations venue state weatherReport lineups events timeline comments trends statistics periods participants oddspremiumOdds inplayOdds prematchNews postmatchNews metadata sidelinedpredictions referees formations ballCoordinates scores xGFixture pressure

Related Entities:

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

• Fixture

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/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}?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/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}?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/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}?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/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}?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/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}?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/fixtures/search/{searchQuery}?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))
}