API Testing

Intro

Our free sports API has been designed to be easy to use and quick to get working.
All our V1 API methods should work in a standard browser with the jsonview extension.
Or for v2 API try HTTPie, Postman or the Chrome Modify Header extension.



HTTPie is a free piece of software for testing REST API's. It allows you to easily test the authentication API keys in the header.

Download HTTPie

Testing V1

Launch HTTPie and copy and paste the V1 API request URL in the "Get" input field on the right hand side.

https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/123/searchteams.php?t=Arsenal

Then click the green "Send" button.

As you can see we are using the test API key here '123'.
If you have a premium key then just replace this number with your private API key.

Testing V2

Launch HTTPie and copy and paste the V2 API request URL in the "Get" input field on the right hand side.

https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v2/json/search/team/manchester_united

Then click on the "Auth" button and enter "X-API-KEY" as the header name.
Finally add your API key in the "Value" box and click send.



HTTPie is a powerful cloud based API testing software.
It allows you to test API keys and load full REST API collections without downloading any software.