AltSportsData

League Fingerprint

Get the classification fingerprint for a league

League Fingerprint

Retrieve the classification fingerprint for a league, including its archetype, category, and sport bucket.

Endpoint

GET /v1/leagues/{league_id}/fingerprint

Authentication

Required. Use Bearer token or X-API-Key header.

Path Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
league_idstringYesUnique league identifier (e.g., "formula-1", "pbr", "ufc")

Example Request

import { AltSportsData } from 'altsportsdata';

const client = new AltSportsData({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });

const fingerprint = await client.leagues.fingerprint('formula-1');

console.log(fingerprint.data);
from altsportsdata import AltSportsData

client = AltSportsData(api_key='YOUR_API_KEY')

fingerprint = client.leagues.fingerprint('formula-1')

print(fingerprint.data)
curl -X GET "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
const response = await fetch("https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint", {
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});

const fingerprint = await response.json();
console.log(fingerprint.data);
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint')

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

response = http.request(request)
data = JSON.parse(response.body)
<?php
$url = 'https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint';

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
curl_close($ch);
?>
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY");

var url = "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint";
var response = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
Console.WriteLine(response);
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    url := "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint"
    
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class LeagueFingerprint {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String urlString = "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues/formula-1/fingerprint";
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY");

        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        
        String line;
        StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
            response.append(line);
        }
        in.close();
        
        System.out.println(response.toString());
    }
}

Example Response

{
  "data": {
    "league_id": "formula-1",
    "league_name": "Formula 1 World Championship",
    "archetype": "professional_racing",
    "category": "individual_motorsport",
    "sport_bucket": "motorsport",
    "classification": {
      "is_team_sport": false,
      "is_individual_sport": true,
      "is_racing": true,
      "has_seasons": true,
      "has_playoffs": false,
      "scoring_type": "position_based"
    },
    "metadata": {
      "typical_event_duration_minutes": 120,
      "events_per_season": 23,
      "participants_per_event": 20,
      "markets_available": 15
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "total": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 1,
    "has_more": false,
    "api_version": "v1",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-07T06:38:00Z"
  }
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
league_idstringUnique league identifier
league_namestringFull league name
archetypestringLeague archetype classification
categorystringSport category classification
sport_bucketstringHigh-level sport grouping
classification.is_team_sportbooleanWhether league features teams
classification.is_individual_sportbooleanWhether league features individual competitors
classification.is_racingbooleanWhether league is racing-based
classification.has_seasonsbooleanWhether league operates in seasons
classification.has_playoffsbooleanWhether league has playoff structure
classification.scoring_typestringType of scoring system used
metadata.typical_event_duration_minutesintegerTypical event length in minutes
metadata.events_per_seasonintegerAverage events per season
metadata.participants_per_eventintegerTypical number of participants
metadata.markets_availableintegerNumber of betting markets available

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