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1Quick startA key, the first call and the answer2AuthenticationTwo ways to send your key, and rotating it3Plans and limitsWhat each plan reads, and the limits
How it behaves
#Ids and recordsStable ids that link every record↓PaginationPages, totals and cursors!ErrorsEvery code, and what to do about each
Freshness
◷How fresh the data isLive in seconds, results in minutes↻Caching your callsWhat changes, and what never does★ChangelogEverything added and changed, dated
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Scores and schedules
●Live scoresPolling well, events in play▤FixturesWhat is coming, by date✓ResultsBy day, and back through history
Inside an event
▦Line-upsStarters, benches, formations→Periods and timelinesEvery scoring event in order⚑RacecardsRaces, runners, draws and traps
Competitions and people
≡Standings and rankingsTables and ranking lists☺Teams and playersRecords and careers⇄Head to headEvery meeting between two sides
Building with it
16One schema, many sportsCode once for every sport⚙RecipesA scoreboard, a feed, a form guide↺Historical dataBack to 1871
Ice hockey: Schedule and live
Live scores/v1/ice-hockey/liveFixtures/v1/ice-hockey/fixtures
Ice hockey: Results
Results/v1/ice-hockey/results
Ice hockey: Events
A game/v1/ice-hockey/events/{id}Line-ups/v1/ice-hockey/events/{id}/lineupsPeriods and timeline/v1/ice-hockey/events/{id}/periods
Ice hockey: Competitions
Competitions/v1/ice-hockey/competitionsStandings/v1/ice-hockey/standings
Ice hockey: Teams and players
A team/v1/ice-hockey/teams/{id}A player/v1/ice-hockey/players/{id}Head to head/v1/ice-hockey/head-to-head
Ice hockey: Search
Search/v1/ice-hockey/search
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Documentation / Ice hockey

Ice hockey data API documentation

Ice hockey, every endpoint on one page

Ice hockey scores by period, goals, line-ups, league tables, teams and players.

The ice hockey API answers 12 calls under https://api.datasportapi.com/v1/ice-hockey/, each with its own page below: what it returns, a console to run it with your key, code in cURL, JavaScript, Python and PHP, every parameter, and every field from a real, current answer. Ice hockey is being connected now. These pages are written, and the calls answer the moment it opens, on every Ice hockey plan.

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sports, one key
12
ice hockey endpoints
27
guides
4
languages on every call

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Ice hockey endpoints
Every ice hockey call, one click away. Switch sport on the bar above for another.
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Schedule and live
2 endpoints
GET /v1/ice-hockey/liveEvery game in play now, with the score and the clockOpen page ›GET /v1/ice-hockey/fixturesUpcoming games by dateOpen page ›
Results
1 endpoint
GET /v1/ice-hockey/resultsFinished games by date, with the final scoreOpen page ›
Events
3 endpoints
GET /v1/ice-hockey/events/{id}One game in full: both sides, the score, the venue and the officialsOpen page ›GET /v1/ice-hockey/events/{id}/lineupsStarters, substitutes and formations for both sidesOpen page ›GET /v1/ice-hockey/events/{id}/periodsThe score by period, and every scoring event in orderOpen page ›
Competitions
2 endpoints
GET /v1/ice-hockey/competitionsEvery competition held, with its seasonsOpen page ›GET /v1/ice-hockey/standingsA league table for a competition and seasonOpen page ›
Teams and players
3 endpoints
GET /v1/ice-hockey/teams/{id}A team and its recordOpen page ›GET /v1/ice-hockey/players/{id}A player and their figuresOpen page ›GET /v1/ice-hockey/head-to-headEvery meeting between two teamsOpen page ›
Search
1 endpoint
GET /v1/ice-hockey/searchTeams, players and competitions by nameOpen page ›
Ice hockey is being connected now. The calls answer the moment it opens, on every Ice hockey plan.
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Which sport answers what
The shared calls across all sixteen. A filled square answers today; amber is being connected.
SportLiveFixturesResultsA matchLine-upsTimelineTablesSearch
Football
Horses
Greyhounds
Tennis
Cricket
Basketball
Ice hockey
Baseball
Rugby
Darts
Boxing
Cycling
Volleyball
Handball
Table tennis
Badminton
Every subject
A guide for each subject of the data: what it covers, how the records link, and the common jobs.
Live scores
How live answers work, how often to ask, and telling a fresh copy from a stored one.
/live/events/{id}/periods
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Results
Results by day and by competition, final and half-time scores, and walking back through the history.
/results/events/{id}/competitions
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Line-ups
Starters, substitutes, formations and minutes, and how players link to their own pages.
/events/{id}/lineups/players/{id}
Read the guide ›
Standings and rankings
League tables by season, ranking lists, and how they tie back to results.
/standings/competitions
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Racecards
Racecards for horses and greyhounds: runners, draws and traps, results with prices, and form.
/results
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One schema, many sports
How the same code reads every sport you hold, and where sports differ.
/search/results
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Use with Claude and agents
The whole API as tools, as a skill, and as one file an agent can read.
Give an agent the skill and it knows our calls, ids, plans and limits without reading these pages. Download the skill, then save it as ~/.claude/skills/datasportapi/SKILL.md, or upload it as a skill in Claude's settings. For live answers inside the assistant, add the MCP server.
MCP server
Add it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Claude Code. Fourteen tools cover every endpoint on your plan.
https://datasportapi.com/mcp
Agent skill
One SKILL.md that teaches an agent our calls, ids and limits.
https://datasportapi.com/skill.md
The manual
The whole API in one Markdown file, current with every page here.
https://datasportapi.com/documentation/manual.md
llms.txt
The short map of these docs for any language model.
https://datasportapi.com/llms.txt
Plans in short
Every sport is its own plan. The rules are in Plans and limits.


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What is new
From the changelog.
2 Nov 2026AddedCricket matches in play answer on the same match address as finished ones, as do their scorecards and ball by ball.
2 Nov 2026AddedHead to head takes team and opponent in every team sport, and player and opponent in every one-against-one sport.
2 Nov 2026AddedEvery answer carries meta.cached and meta.age_seconds, and the X-Cache header, so you can see how fresh a copy is.
2 Nov 2026AddedEleven sports serving: football, horses, greyhounds, cricket, basketball, rugby, darts, boxing, volleyball, table tennis and badminton.
The rest
Short answers, each with its full page.
Authentication
Two headers, and keeping your key on your server.
Errors
Every code with what to do about it.
Pagination
Pages with totals, or a cursor.
Rate limits
Headers on every answer show what is left.
Freshness
How old every answer is, and why.
History
Rugby to 1871, badminton to 1899, darts to 1994.
Questions people ask
Answered here in full.
Is the answer the same shape for every sport?
Yes. Every answer is data and meta, ids are ours and stable, and the paths follow one contract for each kind of sport. Where a sport differs, its endpoint pages say so and list every field from a real answer.
Can I try every endpoint before paying?
Yes. The free key reads yesterday on every endpoint of every sport except live and fixtures, 50 calls a day, with no card.
Where does my key go in the consoles?
Paste it once on any docs page and press Save. It stays in this browser and is filled in on every other page. A key made on your account page arrives by itself.
How do I connect Claude or another assistant?
Add the MCP server as a connector and sign in. The MCP guide covers Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code.
How fresh is the data?
Live scores are kept for ten seconds, results for five minutes. Every answer carries its age in meta, so you always know how fresh it is.