{"id":"4acead25-5dfc-4538-aa06-5f57028b1a58","task":"Look up team, league, and event data from TheSportsDB using its free tier","domain":"thesportsdb.com","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"],"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"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T13:42:55.376Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/4acead25-5dfc-4538-aa06-5f57028b1a58"}