Overview - AnySport

AnySport provides football data API for sports applications, covering the complete data chain from basic information (countries, leagues, teams, players) to fixtures and results, and on to live scores, match events, and in-play odds. Whether you’re building a league news site, a live score app, or a real-time data analytics platform, you can build on the API described in this documentation. AnySport currently provides football data only; other sports are not yet available.

Base URL

All REST endpoints are prefixed with the following address:

https://data.anysport.io/v1/soccer

For example, to query the list of countries:

curl "https://data.anysport.io/v1/soccer/countries?lang=en&limit=5"

Two ways to access data

AnySport offers two complementary ways to access data. You can choose one or combine both depending on your use case:

Method	Best for	Characteristics
REST API	Displaying static/semi-static data (leagues, teams, fixtures), or fetching the current state of a specific match on demand	Billed/counted per request; the client actively polls for the latest data
WebSocket API	Scenarios requiring second-level refresh, such as scoreboards and live in-play odds boards	The server pushes updates proactively, eliminating the need for polling, but requires maintaining a persistent connection and heartbeat

Both methods use the same match_id: a match ID obtained via the REST /matches endpoint can be used directly to subscribe to WebSocket pushes, with no ID conversion required. See the ID Conventions guide for full details.

​Base URL

​Two ways to access data

Base URL

Two ways to access data