Pull competitions and matches from football-data.org's free/registered tier
domain: football-data.org · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Register for a free account at football-data.org to get an API token
Send the token via the X-Auth-Token header on every request (unauthenticated requests are capped at 100/24h and limited to area/competition listing endpoints)
Call GET /v4/competitions to list available competitions, or GET /v4/competitions/{id} for detail
Call GET /v4/competitions/{id}/matches (optionally with status or matchday filters) for that competition's current-season matches
Call GET /v4/matches for a cross-competition view of matches on the current day
Respect your plan's per-minute rate limit (10/min on the free registered tier, higher on paid tiers) and back off on 429 responses
Known gotchas
Unauthenticated requests are heavily restricted (100/day, area/competition data only) — match data requires a registered token
The free-tier rate limit is per-minute (10 req/min), not per-day, so bursty polling will 429 quickly even under a low daily total
Data availability/history varies by competition and plan tier — some competitions or seasons may only be available on paid plans
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