DataSportsGroup API - Soccer

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v3 GET /soccer/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}/soccer/get_matches?type={type}&id={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 Deprecated

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.

pstats

string

'yes' and 'no' are valid, enables/disables player stat nodes

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

timestamp

string

'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss', will display only events after this timestamp

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 soccer event

booking_reason

reason for the booking

goal_type

how the goal was scored

pitch_position_horiz

horizontal position on the pitch (0 to 50)

pitch_position_vert

horizontal position on the pitch (0 to 60)

sub_reason

reason for the substitution

var_decision

decision of the VAR

var_outcome

outcome following the VAR decision

var_reason

reason of VAR involvment

formation❯

details about formation used by the teams

team_a

formation of team_a

team_b

formation of team_b

gender❯

details about the gender

age_group

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

value

gender type (male, female or mixed)

injury❯

details about the injured player

common_name

common name of the person

first_name

first name of the person

injury_type

type of injury

last_name

last name of the person

membership_id

unique identifier for the membership

people_id

unique identifier for person

position

position value

short_name

shortened name of the person

team_id

unique identifier of the team

team_name

current team name

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

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

period

current period

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 soccer player

aerials_lost

number of lost aerials

aerials_won

number of won aerials

assists

number of assists

att_freekick_goal

number of freekick goals

ball_recovery

number of ball recoveries

big_chance_created

number of big chances created

blocked_cross

number of blocked crosses

blocked_scoring_att

number of blocked shots

clean_sheet

number of clean sheets

common_name

common name of the person

corners

number of corners

crosses

number of crosses

duel_lost

number of lost duels

duel_won

number of duels won

error_lead_to_goal

number of errors which lead to a goal

error_lead_to_shot

number of errors who lead to a shot

first_name

first name of the person

fouled

number of fouls received

fouls

value of the particular stat

goals

value of the particular stat

hit_woodwork

number of times a shot hit the woodwork

interceptions

number of interceptions made

key_passes

number of key passes

last_man_tackle

number of last man tackles

last_name

last name of the person

long_balls

number of long balls

minutes_played

number of played minutes

offsides

number of offsides made

own_goals

number of own goals

passes

number of passes attempted

passes_completed

number of passes completed

penalty_conceded

number of penalties conceded

penalty_goals

number of penalty goals

penalty_miss

number of missed penalties in the particular match

penalty_save

number of saved penalties

penalty_won

number of penaltys drawn

people_id

unique identifier for person

position

position value

poss_lost_all

number of times possession was lost

red_cards

value of the particular stat

saves

value of the particular stat

second_goal_assist

number of second goal assists

shirtnumber

shirtnumber value

short_name

shortened name of the person

shots_on_target

number of shots on target

shots_total

number of total shots

single_goal_against

number of single goals against in the particular match

tackles

number of tackles attempted

tackles_won

number of tackles won

team_id

unique identifier of the team

team_name

current team name

total_clearance

number of total clearances

total_final_third_passes

number of final third passes

touches

number of touches

win

number of wins in the particular match

won_contest

number of contests won

won_corners

number of corners won

yellow_cards

number of yellow cards

yellow_red_cards

number of yellow-red cards

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

stat❯

details about team stats (soccer)

team_a

stat value for team_a

team_b

stat value for team_b

type

stat type

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}/soccer/get_matches?type={type}&id={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}/soccer/get_matches?type={type}&id={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}/soccer/get_matches?type={type}&id={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}/soccer/get_matches?type={type}&id={id}&client={client_name}&authkey={client_authkey}", auth=("User", "Password"))

Response Example

200 Success