Look up team, league, and event data from TheSportsDB using its free tier
domain: thesportsdb.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Use the shared free test key "123" for low-volume/testing use, embedded in the URL path (e.g. /api/v1/json/123/...)
For production or higher-volume use, subscribe via Patreon (roughly $5-9/month) to get a dedicated personal API key with higher limits and V2 API access
Call lookup endpoints by ID (e.g. lookupteam.php?id=..., lookupleague.php?id=...) rather than search-by-name for faster, more reliable results
Call table/season endpoints (e.g. lookuptable.php) for league standings
Respect the free tier's overall rate limit (around 30 requests/minute) and back off on HTTP 429 responses
Known gotchas
The shared "123" key is meant for testing only and is rate-limited/shared across all free users — don't rely on it for production traffic
Certain lookup endpoints have much lower free-tier request caps than the general per-minute limit — check per-endpoint limits in the docs, not just the overall figure
TheSportsDB has been shifting more data behind its paid/Patreon V2 tier — verify a given endpoint is still free before building on it
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