DataSportsGroup API - Baseball

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v3 GET /baseball/get_matches

Returns all matches (and related events) that belong to a season, round or match

Request URL

https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/baseball/get_matches?type=match&id={match_id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}

API Threshold

10k calls per hour (2.78 calls per second)
This threshold applies to ALL your calls you do across the API.
Your number of calls get reset every hour at :00
If the thresold is reached within the hour you will get a xml/json message accordingly (which is gone when the next hour starts, see previous point)

Parameters

age

string

unique identifier for an age group

authkey

string Required

client authentification key

client

string Required

unique client ID

detailed

string

only 'yes' is valid to display additional match details

discipline_id

int

unique identifier for a discipline

enddate

string

end date, format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (requires startdate to take effect)

ftype

string

changes feed type from XML to json (ftype=json or ftype=json_array)

gameweek

int

gameweek value to get matches from

gender

string

unique identifier for a gender (male,female)

int Required

object id to return

lang

string

two-character language code, defaults to 'en'

picsize

string

one of 200x200, 100x100, 50x50, 30x30 or 18x18 to get correct size of club logo.

plays

string

value "yes" displays play-by-play content

startdate

string

start date, format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (requires enddate to take effect)

team_id

int

use a team_id as value to filter the matches accordingly

type

string Required

one of ‘season’, ‘round’ or ‘match’ to which the "id" refers

Nodes

competition❯

details about competition

area_id

unique identifier for an area

area_name

name of the area

competition_id

unique identifier for a competition

format

competition format (domestic_league, domestic_cup, domestic_league_cup, domestic_super_cup, international_cup, international_super_cup, playoff, tournament, race, unofficial)

gender

determines the gender of the competition (male or female)

last_updated

When record was last updated. Format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in CET timezone.

name

name of the competition

type

determines if a competition is between club teams (club) or national teams (international)

datasportsgroup❯

details about the API version, sport, language and generation timestamp

generated_utc

UTC timestamp when the API output was generated

lang

language of the API call

sport

sport value

version

version of the API

discipline❯

basic information about the discipline

discipline_id

unique identifier of the discipline

name

name of the discipline

type

type of discipline (contestant, contestant_team or team)

event❯

details about people events

common_name

common name of the person

event_id

unique identifier of a player event

first_name

first name of the person

last_name

last name of the person

membership_id

unique identifier for the membership

minute

game minute when event happened (not display for lineups and subs on bench)

minute_extra

game minute of event after regular time o the period

nationality

nationality of the person

nationality_area_id

unique identifier for an area

people_id

unique identifier for person

period

period type

position

position value

role

type of role ('player', 'coach' or 'assistant_coach', 'goalkeeper_coach', 'local_coach', 'scout', 'sporting director')

second

game second when event happened (not display for lineups and subs on bench)

shirtnumber

shirtnumber value

short_name

shortened name of the person

team_id

unique identifier of the team

team_name

current team name

type

type of event (depends on the parent node)

event_extra❯

extra details about the baseball event

batting_position

batting position of the player

batting_position_sub

batting position of the sub-in player

match_position_1

main position of the player in the specific game

match_position_2

secondary position of the player in the specific game

pitching_position

pitching position of the player

gender❯

details about the gender

age_group

defines the age group (senior,u23,u22,u21....)

value

gender type (male, female or mixed)

list❯

details about list type

aggregation_type

aggregation type (scores or wins)

unique identifier for a group if type = group, if type = playoff then for a playoff

last_updated

When record was last updated. Format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in CET timezone.

name

name of either a group or playoff

score_a

playoff score of team_a

score_b

playoff score of team_b

type

list type (regular, group or playoff)

winner_team_id

unique identifier for the winning team of the playoff

live❯

details about live informations (baseball)

at_bat_index

at bat index

balls

number of balls

batter

people_id of the current batter

clock

time on the clock when the event happened (aka how much time was left till the round ends)

game_minute

display during a live match the current game minute

outs

number of outs

period

current period

pitcher

people_id of the current pitcher

strikes

number of strikes

match❯

details about the match

date

date of match, format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (CET)

date_utc

date of match, format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (UTC)

final_period

display the period in which the match finished.

last_updated

When record was last updated. Format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in CET timezone.

match_id

unique identifier of match

score_a

full-time score of team_a

score_b

full-time score of team_b

status

status of the game (Played, Playing, Fixture, Cancelled, Postponed, Suspended, Awarded, Break, Retired, Bye, No Contest, Disqualified, Tech Knockout, Knockout, Draw, Submission) + (Cricket-specific = No Result, Tea, Lunch, Dinner, between Innings, Stumps, rain delay, bad light, crowd trouble, pitch condition, start delay, drinks, super over, floodlight failure)

team_a_area_code

three-letter-acronym of the area where the home team origins

team_a_area_id

unique area_id for team_a

team_a_area_name

area name of home team origins county

team_a_id

unique team ID for team_a

team_a_logo

team logo URL

team_a_name

current name of team_a

team_a_original_name

the real name at the particular season (so can differ to current name)

team_a_short_name

short name of the home team

team_a_tla_name

three-letter-acronym of team_a

team_b_area_code

three-letter-acronym of the area where the home team origins

team_b_area_id

unique area_id for team_b

team_b_area_name

area name of away team origins county

team_b_id

unique team ID for team_b

team_b_logo

team logo URL

team_b_name

current name of team_b

team_b_original_name

the real name at the particular season (so can differ to current name)

team_b_short_name

short name of team_b

team_b_tla_name

three-letter-acronym of team_b

time

start time (CET), format 'hh:mm:ss'.

time_utc

start time (UTC), format 'hh:mm:ss'

venue_type

determines if the match is on neutral ground or on home/away basis (home_away or neutral)

winner

determines the winner of match ('team_A','team_B','draw','yet unknown')

match_extra❯

extra informations about the match

attendance

amount of people that attended the particular match

gameweek

contains the gameweek a match belongs to.

method❯

details about the API function

method_id

unique ID of method

name

name of method

people❯

details and stats of the baseball player

assists

number of assists

at_bat

value of the particular stat

base_on_balls

value of the particular stat

bat_average

value of the particular stat

catchers_interference

value of the particular stat

caught_stealing

value of the particular stat

chances

value of the particular stat

common_name

common name of the person

doubles

value of the particular stat

earned_runs_average

value of the particular stat

errors

value of the particular stat

fielding_percentage

value of the particular stat

first_name

first name of the person

fly_outs

value of the particular stat

ground_double_play

value of the particular stat

ground_outs

value of the particular stat

ground_triple_play

value of the particular stat

hits

value of the particular stat

hit_by_pitch

value of the particular stat

holding_pitcher

value of the particular stat

home_runs

value of the particular stat

home_runs_total

value of the particular stat

intentional_walk

value of the particular stat

last_name

last name of the person

left_on_base

value of the particular stat

losing_pitcher

value of the particular stat

membership_id

unique identifier for the membership

nationality

nationality of the person

on_base_percentage

value of the particular stat

on_base_slugging_percentage

value of the particular stat

passed_balls

value of the particular stat

people_id

unique identifier for person

pickoffs

value of the particular stat

position

position value

put_outs

value of the particular stat

runs_batted_in

value of the particular stat

runs_batted_in_total

value of the particular stat

sacrifice_bunts

value of the particular stat

sacrifice_flies

value of the particular stat

sacrifice_hit

value of the particular stat

save_pitcher

value of the particular stat

short_name

shortened name of the person

slugging_percentage

value of the particular stat

stolen_bases

value of the particular stat

stolen_bases_fielding

value of the particular stat

stolen_bases_pitcher

value of the particular stat

strike_out

value of the particular stat

team_id

unique identifier of the team

team_name

current team name

total_bases

value of the particular stat

total_hits

value of the particular stat

total_runs

value of the particular stat

triples

value of the particular stat

walks

value of the particular stat

winning_pitcher

value of the particular stat

period❯

details about periods of the match

score_a

period score of team_a

score_b

period score of team_b

type

three-letter-acronym of the period

referee❯

details about a specific referee

common_name

common name of the person

first_name

first name of the person

last_name

last name of the person

nationality_area_code

three character area code

nationality_area_id

unique identifier for an area

nationality_area_name

area name of peoples nationality

people_id

unique identifier for person

role

role of the referee

short_name

shortened name of the person

round❯

details about the round

end_date

end date, format 'yyyy-mm-dd'

end_date_utc

end date in UTC timezone, format 'yyyy-mm-dd'

end_time

end time, format 'HH:mm:ss'

end_time_utc

end time in UTC timezone, format 'HH:mm:ss'

last_updated

When record was last updated. Format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in CET timezone.

name

name of round

round_id

unique identifier of round

start_date

start date, format 'yyyy-mm-dd'

start_date_utc

start date in UTC timezone, format 'yyyy-mm-dd'.

start_time

start time, format 'HH:mm:ss'

start_time_utc

start time in UTC timezone, format 'HH:mm:ss'

type

determines if the round contains a table or a cup structure (knock-out)

round_extra❯

extra round information

current_gameweek

displays the gameweek of nearest match to today

medal_round

indicates if medals are awarded in this round

status

status of the round (Scheduled,Live,Played,Postponed,Cancelled,Break)

total_gameweek

displays the total of gameweeks for this round

season❯

details about the season

end_date

end date, format 'yyyy-mm-dd'

last_updated

When record was last updated. Format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in CET timezone.

logo

full path URL of logo for particular season

original_name

competition name during this season

season_id

unique identifier for season

start_date

start date, format 'yyyy-mm-dd'

title

title of season

tour❯

details about the tour

gender

gender of the tour

name

name of the particular tour

tour_id

unique tour identifier

tour_type

defines if the tournament is part of a tour or not. If not then value "non-tour"

tour_season❯

details about a tour season

logo

full path URL of logo for particular tour_season

name

name of the tour_season

title

title of the particular tour season

tour_season_id

unique identifier of a tour season

venue❯

basic details about the venue

venue_area_id

unique identifier for an area

venue_area_name

name of the area

venue_city

city where the venue is based

venue_id

unique identifier of the venue

venue_name

current name of the venue

Response Headers

200

Success

401

Unauthorized

429

Too Many Requests

Code Samples

PHP
Curl
Python
VB.NET

<?php$ch = curl_init();curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/baseball/get_matches?type=match&id={match_id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "{User}:{Password}");
$content = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);?>

curl GET -u "User:Password" "https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/baseball/get_matches?type=match&id={match_id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}"

Imports System
Imports System.Net	
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text

Public Module Module1
	Public Sub Main()
		Dim url As String = "https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/baseball/get_matches?type=match&id={match_id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}"
		Dim myReq As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url)
		myReq.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("{User}", "{Password}")
		Dim wr As WebResponse = myReq.GetResponse()
		Dim receiveStream As Stream = wr.GetResponseStream()
		Dim reader As StreamReader = New StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8)
		Dim content As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
	End Sub
End Module

response = requests.get("https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/baseball/get_matches?type=match&id={match_id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}", auth=("User", "Password"))

Response Example

200 Success