Live Games

GET

games

current

Live Games

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "games": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "statusText": "<string>",
      "statusGroup": 123,
      "homeCompetitor": {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "score": 123,
        "imageUrl": "<string>"
      },
      "awayCompetitor": {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "score": 123,
        "imageUrl": "<string>"
      },
      "competition": {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "country": {
          "id": 123,
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "hasStandings": true,
        "hasBrackets": true
      },
      "startTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "lastUpdateId": 123
}

V1 Legacy Endpoint — This is a V1 API endpoint. For new integrations, we recommend using the Basketball V2 API which provides richer data and more endpoints.

Efficient Polling: Use the lastUpdateId parameter for real-time updates without re-fetching all data.

Overview

Returns all basketball games that are currently in progress. Data updates every ~5 seconds for full coverage leagues like NBA and EuroLeague.

Query Parameters

integer

Filter by competition ID (e.g., 132 for NBA, 138 for EuroLeague)

integer

For efficient polling - returns only games that have changed since this ID. Get this value from the previous response.

Response Structure

array

Array of live game objects

Show Game Object

integer

Unique game identifier

string

Current game status (e.g., “Q3 5:42”, “Halftime”, “OT 2:30”)

integer

Status group: 1=Not Started, 2=Scheduled, 3=Live/In Progress, 4=Ended, 5=Cancelled, 6=Postponed, 8=Abandoned

object

Home team details including id, name, and current score

object

Away team details including id, name, and current score

object

League information (id, name)

integer

Use this value in subsequent requests for efficient polling

Code Examples

curl -X GET "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current',
  { headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.games);

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current',
    headers={'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()

Polling for Live Updates

Use the lastUpdateId parameter for efficient polling. This returns only games that have changed, reducing bandwidth and improving performance.

let lastUpdateId = null;

async function pollLiveGames() {
  const url = lastUpdateId 
    ? `https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current?lastUpdateId=${lastUpdateId}`
    : 'https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current';
    
  const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { 'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
  });
  
  const data = await response.json();
  lastUpdateId = data.lastUpdateId;
  
  // Process updated games
  data.games.forEach(game => {
    console.log(`${game.homeCompetitor.name} ${game.homeCompetitor.score} - ${game.awayCompetitor.score} ${game.awayCompetitor.name}`);
  });
  
  return data;
}

// Poll every 5 seconds
setInterval(pollLiveGames, 5000);

import requests
import time

last_update_id = None

def poll_live_games():
    global last_update_id
    
    url = 'https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current'
    if last_update_id:
        url += f'?lastUpdateId={last_update_id}'
    
    response = requests.get(url, headers={'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
    data = response.json()
    
    last_update_id = data.get('lastUpdateId')
    return data

# Poll every 5 seconds
while True:
    data = poll_live_games()
    for game in data.get('games', []):
        print(f"{game['homeCompetitor']['name']} vs {game['awayCompetitor']['name']}")
    time.sleep(5)

Filter by Competition

Get only NBA games:

curl -X GET "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current?competitions=132" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Status Groups

Value	Meaning
1	Not Started / Scheduled
2	Scheduled (pre-match)
3	Live / In Progress
4	Ended / Finished
5	Cancelled
6	Postponed
8	Abandoned

Key Competition IDs

Competition	ID
NBA	132
EuroLeague	138
WNBA	2004
NCAA Men’s	2065
Spanish ACB	149

Authorizations

x-api-key

string

header

required

Your SportsAPI Pro API key

Query Parameters

competitions

integer

Filter by competition ID (e.g., 132 for NBA)

Example:

132

lastUpdateId

integer

For efficient polling - returns only updates since this ID

Response

200 - application/json

Live games retrieved successfully

games

object[]

Show child attributes

lastUpdateId

integer

Use for subsequent polling requests

Last modified on June 29, 2026

Live Games

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sportsapipro.com/v1/basketball/games/current")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "games": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "statusText": "<string>",
      "statusGroup": 123,
      "homeCompetitor": {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "score": 123,
        "imageUrl": "<string>"
      },
      "awayCompetitor": {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "score": 123,
        "imageUrl": "<string>"
      },
      "competition": {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "country": {
          "id": 123,
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "hasStandings": true,
        "hasBrackets": true
      },
      "startTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "lastUpdateId": 123
}

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Filter by Competition

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Query Parameters

Response

​Overview

​Query Parameters

​Response Structure

​Code Examples

​Polling for Live Updates

​Filter by Competition

​Status Groups

​Key Competition IDs

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response

Overview

Query Parameters

Response Structure

Code Examples

Polling for Live Updates

Filter by Competition

Status Groups

Key Competition IDs