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TheSportsDB Search API

The Search API from TheSportsDB — 4 operation(s) for search.

TheSportsDB Search API is one of 7 APIs that TheSportsDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json.

4 operations 4 paths 0 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

TheSportsDB Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyHeader).

  • ApiKeyHeader — Premium V2 API key supplied in the X-API-KEY request header.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 4
GET
/{apiKey}/searchteams.php
Search for teams by name.
searchTeams 2 params → 200
GET
/{apiKey}/searchplayers.php
Search for players by name.
searchPlayers 2 params → 200
GET
/{apiKey}/searchevents.php
Search for events by name.
searchEvents 3 params → 200
GET
/{apiKey}/searchvenues.php
Search for venues by name.
searchVenues 2 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

sportsdb-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs TheSportsDB publishes across the network.

TheSportsDB Events API
TheSportsDB Leagues API
TheSportsDB Livescores API
TheSportsDB Lookup API
TheSportsDB Players API
TheSportsDB Teams API