sports

List supported sports

Public: no API key required. Rate-limited by IP address instead of by key (see docs/rate-limits) so this stays keyless without becoming an abuse vector.

get/v1/sports

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.bigballsdata.com
  • URL: https://api.bigballsdata.com/v1/sports
  • Auth: none required

Response

ok

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "Football"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "date_window": {
      "timezone": "UTC",
      "start_utc": "2026-09-13T00:00:00.000Z",
      "end_utc": "2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z"
    },
    "source": "official-league",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "cache_age_ms": 4200,
    "request_id": "req_abc123",
    "note": "match_id is omitted on 380 of 380 rows in this response. The live feed behind them does not carry an id we can resolve to a stored match, so we return no id rather than one that will not work. For rows with ids you can call back into, use /v1/stored/matches with the same sport or league, for example /v1/stored/matches?league=epl."
  },
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND"
  }
}

Changes

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