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v3 GET /rugby/get_seasons
Returns all (authorized) seasons (that have been recently updated).
Request URL
https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/rugby/get_seasons?comp_id={competition_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
authkey
string Required
client authentification key
client
string Required
unique client ID
comp_id
int Required
competition id to get seasons from
ftype
string
changes feed type from XML to json (ftype=json or ftype=json_array)
lang
string
two-character language code, defaults to 'en'
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
method❯
details about the API function
method_id
unique ID of method
name
name of method
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
Response Headers
200
Success
401
Unauthorized
429
Too Many Requests
Code Samples
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://dsg-api.com/clients/{client_name}/rugby/get_seasons?comp_id={competition_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}/rugby/get_seasons?comp_id={competition_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}/rugby/get_seasons?comp_id={competition_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}/rugby/get_seasons?comp_id={competition_id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}", auth=("User", "Password"))
Response Example
200 Success
{"datasportsgroup":{"version":"2.100.3","sport":"rugby","lang":"en","generated_utc":"2025-08-01T15:04:30+00:00","method":{"method_id":"100","name":"get_seasons"},"competition":{"competition_id":"1268","name":"World Rugby U20 Championship","gender":"male youth","type":"international","format":"international_cup","area_id":"1","area_name":"World","last_updated":"2025-06-19 21:36:23","season":[{"season_id":"76374","title":"2025 Italy","original_name":"World Rugby U20 Championship","start_date":"2025-06-29","end_date":"2025-07-19","logo":"","last_updated":"2025-06-19 21:39:41"},{"season_id":"69527","title":"2023 South Africa","original_name":"World Rugby U20 Championship","start_date":"2023-06-24","end_date":"2023-07-14","logo":"","last_updated":"2023-07-25 09:22:33"},{"season_id":"69526","title":"2019 Argentina","original_name":"World Rugby U20 Championship","start_date":"2019-06-04","end_date":"2019-06-22","logo":"","last_updated":"2023-07-25 08:40:10"},{"season_id":"70858","title":"2018 France","original_name":"World Rugby U20 Championship","start_date":"2018-05-30","end_date":"2018-06-17","logo":"","last_updated":"2023-11-17 09:18:48"},{"season_id":"13336","title":"2017 Georgia","original_name":"World Rugby U20 Championship","start_date":"2017-05-31","end_date":"2017-06-18","logo":"","last_updated":"2017-06-09 15:07:50"}]}}}