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Get Started
Welcome to the get started page of our Football API 2.0. You’re only a few steps away from requesting and receiving API responses for your football application.
Overview
- 1.What is Football API 2.0?
- 2.Authentication
- 3.Your first request
- 4.Get your football data
- 5.What can you do with the data?
- 6.Different plans and data features
What is Football API 2.0?
Build creative football-related apps with our Football API 2.0. Football API 2.0 is a REST API that can be used to request football data from our expansive database and has the following characteristics:
- Highly customizable requests
- Incredibly fast livescores
- Reliable and accurate data
We recommend you submit your requests with Postman since we have already prepared the request for you there! Hit the button below to import our Football API collection.
Authentication
To make our first request, we’ll need a way to get authenticated first.
Football API 2.0 utilizes API tokens for the authentication of requests. You can obtain your free API token and manage your API tokens Mysportmonks.
For the sake of simplicity, we’ll be working with an API token within the ‘free plan’. The free plan includes the Danish Superliga (league id: 271) and the Scottish Premiership (league id: 501).
Example API token: [HdoiD312ND….]
The API token is only meant for your eyes and, as such, should be stored away safely.
Our tokens have no expiration date and will remain valid until you manually delete it yourself.
Football API 2.0 utilizes response codes to indicate successful and failed API requests.
With our brand-new token, we can make our first request! But before we start let us explain which possible responses can be returned. When making a request, a code response will always be returned. See below for a shortlist of possible code responses:
Code number
Description
200Successful request and data was returned
400Part of the request is malformed; the exact reason can be found in the response
401Request is not authenticated
403Unauthorized request to access data from an ineligible plan
429You have reached the response rate limit of your plan
500Internal error with our servers
Your first request
Now that all prerequisites have been fulfilled, we’re ready to send our first request to the API!
Build the request
The request consists of the following components:
- The base URL
- A path parameter, in this example, we use [leagues]
- A query string parameter, this is optional, so we are leaving this out for now
- And finally, your API token
Base URL
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https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/
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An example of a correctly authenticated request would be:
Request
Response
Field description
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https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/leagues?api_token={API_TOKEN}
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"data": [
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{
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"id": 271,
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"active": true,
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"type": "domestic",
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"legacy_id": 43,
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"country_id": 320,
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"logo_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/soccer/leagues/271.png",
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"name": "Superliga",
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"is_cup": false,
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"current_season_id": 17328,
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"current_round_id": 199450,
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"current_stage_id": 77447994,
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"live_standings": true,
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"coverage": {
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"predictions": true,
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"topscorer_goals": true,
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"topscorer_assists": true,
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"topscorer_cards": true
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}
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Field
Description
dataOpens an array of data you've requested
idA unique league id
activeIndicates if the league is active or not. Possible values are 'true' or 'false'
typeIndicates what kind of league this is. Possible values: 'domestic', 'cup', 'international'. More values can be found here
legacy_idThis was for our API version 1.0. It's only of use for old users of our API
country_idThe unique country id the league is played in
logo_pathThe logo URL path of the league
nameThe name of the league
is_cupIndicates if the league is a cup or not. Possible values are 'true' or 'false'
current_season_idThe unique id of the current season
current_round_idThe unique id of the current round
current_stage_idThe unique id of the current stage
live_standingsIndicates if the league covers live standings
coverageOpens an array of partial coverage for the league
predictionsIndicates if the league covers predictions
topscorers_goalsIndicates if the league covers goal topscorers
topscorers_assistsIndicates if the league covers assists topscorers
topscorers_cardsIndicates if the league covers cards topscorers
This request will return all of the leagues eligible for our free plan, which are the Danish Superliga (league id: 271) and the Scottish Premiership (league id: 501). You can view them by clicking on the second tab.
What can you do with the data?
The example above was the most basic request you can create, while our highly flexible football api 2.0 can handle way more advanced requests.
The data our API provides will enable you to create excellent and specialized applications. Down below you will find two examples of Sportmonks’ partners who have made brilliant applications. Throughout our documentation pages you will find more examples, ranging from betting and odds websites to fantasy games and live score tracking websites.
Code libraries
There are various options as to how you’d like to send the request. Our API is compatible with an incredible number of developer languages
Different plans and data features
Sportmonks has various different plans and data features for you. You can learn all about it in the matrix below. In Mysportmonks you can choose your ideal plan and data features.
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