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GET Leagues Search by Name

Returns all the leagues that match your search query.
Base URL
Example Response
Field Description
https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}
{
"data": [
{
"id": 501,
"sport_id": 1,
"country_id": 1161,
"name": "Premiership",
"active": true,
"short_code": "SCO P",
"image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/leagues/501.png",
"type": "league",
"sub_type": "domestic",
"last_played_at": "2023-02-25 15:00:00",
"category": 2,
"has_jerseys": false
},
{
"id": 513,
"sport_id": 1,
"country_id": 1161,
"name": "Premiership Play-Offs",
"active": true,
"short_code": "SCO P PO",
"image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/leagues/1/513.png",
"type": "league",
"sub_type": "play-offs",
"last_played_at": "2021-05-24 20:35:36",
"category": 2,
"has_jerseys": false
}
Field
Description
Type
id
Refers to the unique id of th league
integer
sport_id
Refers to the sport of the league
integer
country_id
Refers to the country of the league
integer
name
The name of the league
string
active
Indicates if the league is active or inactive
integer
short_code
The short code of the league
string / null
image_path
Image path to the league logo
string
type
Indicates the type of the league
string
sub_type
Indicates the subtype of the league
string
last_played_at
The date of when the last fixture was played in the league
string
category
Indicates the category of the league
integer
Query parameters
Static filters
Dynamic filters
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 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 for this endpoint.
N/A
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
Example
countries
Coaches, Leagues, Players, Teams, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.
Filter the leagues based on countries.
&include=country&filters=leagueCountries:countryIDs &include=country&filters=leagueCountries:41
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=seasons.statistics&filters=seasonStatisticTypes:TypeIDs &include=seasons.statistics&filters=seasonStatisticTypes:52
types
Statistics, Events, Lineup, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.
Filter the league stages on a selection of type ID's separated by a comma.
&include=stages.type&filters=stageTypes:TypeIDs &include=stages.type&filters=stageTypes:224

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 leagues ordered by category (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 2 nested includes on this endpoint

Include options

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

Postman

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Code Example

Ruby
Python
PHP
Java
Node.js
Go
require "uri"
require "net/http"
url = URI("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}?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
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.sportmonks.com")
payload = ''
headers = {}
conn.request("GET", "/api/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.sportmonks.com/api/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}?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
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.sportmonks.com/api/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN")
.method("GET", null)
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
var unirest = require('unirest');
var req = unirest('GET', 'https://api.sportmonks.com/api/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN')
.end(function (res) {
if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error);
console.log(res.raw_body);
});
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.sportmonks.com/api/v3/football/leagues/search/{search_query}?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))
}