GET Last Updated Players
This endpoint returns all the players that have received updates in the past two hours.
Base URL
Example Response
Field Description
https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/players/latest/
{
"data": [
{
"id": 758,
"sport_id": 1,
"country_id": 462,
"nationality_id": 462,
"city_id": null,
"position_id": 25,
"detailed_position_id": 154,
"type_id": 25,
"common_name": "J. Tavernier",
"firstname": "James",
"lastname": "Tavernier",
"name": "James Tavernier",
"display_name": "James Tavernier",
"image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/players/22/758.png",
"height": 182,
"weight": 75,
"date_of_birth": "1991-10-31",
"gender": "male"
}
],
Field | Description | Type |
---|---|---|
id | Refers to the unique id of the player | integer |
sport_id | Refers to the sport of the player | integer |
country_id | Refers to the country of the player | integer |
nationality_id | Refers to the nationality of the player | integer |
city_id | Refers to the birthcity of the player | string |
position_id | Refers to the position of the player | integer |
detailed_position_id | Refers to the detailed position of the player | integer |
type_id | Refers to the type of the player | integer |
common_name | Refers to the name the player is known for | string |
firstname | Refers to the first name of the player | string |
lastname | Refers to the last name of the player | string |
name | Refers to the name of the player | string |
display_name | Refers to the name that is often used to display in applications | string |
image_path | Image path to player headshot | string |
height | Refers to the height of the player | integer |
weight | Refers to the weight of the player | integer |
date_of_birth | Refers to the date of birth of the player | string |
gender | Refers to the gender of the player | string |
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 | |
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. |
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 |
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 | Filter the statistics (detailTypes) on a selection of player statistics separated by a comma. | &include=statistics.details.type&filters=playerstatisticdetailTypes:typeIDS
&include=statistics.details.type&filters=playerstatisticdetailTypes:59 | |
seasons | Statistics (players, team, coaches, referees), Standings, and way more.
Check this endpoint for all possibilities. | Filter player statistics based on seasons. | &include=statistics.details.type&filters=playerstatisticSeasons:seasonIDS &include=statistics.details.type&filters=playerstatisticSeasons:19735 |
lineups | Players | Filter the player lineups on types | &include=lineups.type&filters=lineupTypes:typeIDS &include=lineups.type&filters=lineupTypes:12 |
https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/my/filters/entity?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN
NO
You can use a total of
3
nested includes on this endpointGet an overview and explanation of all the fields returned in the API response. The related entities for the players endpoint are:
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.
Ruby
Python
PHP
Java
Node.js
Go
require "uri"
require "net/http"
url = URI("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/players/updated?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", "/v3/football/players/updated?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/v3/football/players/updated?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/v3/football/players/updated?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/v3/football/players/updated?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/v3/football/players/updated?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))
}
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