--- title: "List football games" method: GET path: "/x/sports/{league}/games" tags: ["Sports"] --- # List football games `GET /x/sports/{league}/games` ## Request - Base URL: `https://xquik.com/api/v1` - URL: `https://xquik.com/api/v1/x/sports/{league}/games` - Auth: one of: - API key in header `x-api-key` - HTTP bearer - none Lists NFL or college football games in a time window, with teams & scores. Use it to find game IDs & team IDs. Without from or to, X picks about 5 weeks around today. Each request costs 1 credit. ## Path parameters - `league` 'nfl' | 'ncaafb', required ## Query parameters - `from` string - `to` string - `team` string - `fields` string - `omit` string ## Response `200` The league's games in the window, earliest first - FootballSchedule: A league's games in a time window. - `league` 'nfl' | 'ncaafb', required: The league whose games this list holds. - `games` FootballScheduleGame[], required: The games, earliest first. - `id` string, required: The game ID the other sports routes take. - `seasonType` string, nullable, required: This game's part of the season, such as RegularSeason. - `week` integer, nullable, required: This game's week of the season. - `startsAt` string, date-time, nullable, required: This game's kickoff time in UTC, or null when Xquik cannot read it. - `status` string, nullable, required: This game's status from X, such as Scheduled, InProgress or Closed. - `clock` string, nullable, required: This game's clock, as X writes it. - `quarter` integer, nullable, required: This game's current or last quarter. - `home` FootballTeamScore, required: A team's side of a game & its points. - `teamId` string, nullable, required: The team, a key of teams. - `points` integer, nullable, required: The team's points so far. - `away` FootballTeamScore, required: A team's side of a game & its points. - `teamId` string, nullable, required: The team, a key of teams. - `points` integer, nullable, required: The team's points so far. - `teamIds` string[], required: The game's teams, keys of teams. - `periods` FootballSchedulePeriod[], required: The periods played so far. - `type` string, nullable, required: X's name for the period, such as Quarter. - `odds` object, nullable, required: Betting odds for each team, or null when X has none. - `home` FootballOdds, required: Betting odds titles for 1 team, as X shows them. - `moneyLine` string, nullable, required: The money line. X sends it for the away team only. - `spread` string, nullable, required: The point spread. - `total` string, nullable, required: The over or under total. - `away` FootballOdds, required: Betting odds titles for 1 team, as X shows them. - `moneyLine` string, nullable, required: The money line. X sends it for the away team only. - `spread` string, nullable, required: The point spread. - `total` string, nullable, required: The over or under total. - `teams` object, required: The teams the games name, by team ID. ## Other responses - `400`: Invalid input. A value past its maxLength gets this answer, & the message names the field & its limit. - `401`: Unauthenticated - `402`: Payment required. MPP reads include `WWW-Authenticate`. Authenticated reads include balances, plus checkout when the key can open it. A key that reads only gets the account page instead. A failed request never creates checkout. A caller on a plan gets top-up only, plus `credits_renew_at` when the plan renews. Guest keys offer top-up. - `424`: Dependency unavailable, unauthorized, or limited. Default v1 uses 502. Best-practice responses use 424 for transparent dependency failures. Search answers 424 `search_unavailable` when X fails the query itself, or when its filters matched none of the last 3,000 posts read. The message says how far back the search read. - `429`: Too many requests right now. Each user gets 500 reads a second. Each minute allows 120 writes & 60 deletes. `x_api_rate_limited` means X limits this read for now. Neither answer costs anything. Wait for the seconds in `Retry-After`, then retry. - `502`: Dependency unavailable, unauthorized, or limited. Default v1 uses 502. Best-practice responses use 424 for transparent dependency failures. Search answers 424 `search_unavailable` when X fails the query itself, or when its filters matched none of the last 3,000 posts read. The message says how far back the search read. - `503`: Retry x_api_unavailable after Retry-After. With X-Xquik-Busy, retry until your deadline. ## Changes > 68 revisions in range; 1 not diffed. - **2026-10-23** `e29bc136a9cc`: 4 breaking - the `dashboard` response property const value changed from `/dashboard/account` to `/dashboard/billing` for the status `402` - the `dashboard` response property const value changed from `/dashboard/account` to `/dashboard/billing` for the status `402` - the `dashboard` response property const value changed from `/dashboard/account` to `/dashboard/billing` for the status `402` - the `next_step` response property const value changed from `Ask the user to top up at /dashboard/account. This key cannot open checkout.` to `Ask the user to top up at /dashboard/billing. This key cannot open checkout.` for the status `402` - **2026-10-22** `d94eba2599ff`: 1 info - added the required property `teams/additionalProperties/record` to the response with the `200` status - **2026-10-22** `5840cd7e39fd`: 1 info - endpoint added [Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/xquik-dev/apis/xquik-api/changes/x/sports/:league/games/get.md) --- [API](https://skmtc.dev/xquik-dev/apis/xquik-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/xquik-dev/apis/xquik-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/xquik-dev/apis/xquik-api/revisions/4b2c5d75d99b?raw)