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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
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.
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
Statistics Check this endpoint for all possibilities.
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

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

NO

Include depth

You can use a total of 3 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 players endpoint are:

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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/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))
}