AltSportsData

Quickstart

Get started with the AltSportsData API in minutes

Quickstart

Get up and running with AltSportsData in just a few minutes using our official SDKs.

Prerequisites

  • An AltSportsData API key (or use demo key: demo-0001)
  • Node.js 16+ (for TypeScript/JavaScript) or Python 3.8+

Step 1: Install the SDK

npm install altsportsdata

📦 Package: altsportsdata on npm

pip install altsportsdata

📦 Package: altsportsdata on PyPI

Step 2: Initialize the Client

import { AltSportsData } from 'altsportsdata';

const client = new AltSportsData({
  apiKey: process.env.ALTSPORTSDATA_API_KEY || 'demo-0001'
});
from altsportsdata import AltSportsData
import os

client = AltSportsData(
    api_key=os.getenv('ALTSPORTSDATA_API_KEY', 'demo-0001')
)

Step 3: Fetch Your First Data

Let's fetch a list of elite soccer leagues:

// Fetch elite soccer leagues
const leagues = await client.leagues.list({
  sportType: 'Soccer',
  tier: 'elite',
  limit: 10
});

// Print league names
leagues.data.forEach(league => {
  console.log(`${league.name} (${league.country})`);
});
# Fetch elite soccer leagues
leagues = client.leagues.list(
    sport_type='Soccer',
    tier='elite',
    limit=10
)

# Print league names
for league in leagues.data:
    print(f"{league.name} ({league.country})")

Step 4: Get League Details

Retrieve detailed information and readiness scores:

// Get specific league
const league = await client.leagues.get('league_001');
console.log(`League: ${league.data.name}`);
console.log(`Sport: ${league.data.sport}`);
console.log(`Tier: ${league.data.tier}`);

// Check readiness score
const readiness = await client.leagues.readiness('league_001');
console.log(`Readiness: ${readiness.data.overall_score}/1000`);

// View individual dimension scores
readiness.data.dimensions.forEach(dim => {
  console.log(`  ${dim.name}: ${dim.score}/1000`);
});
# Get specific league
league = client.leagues.get('league_001')
print(f"League: {league.data.name}")
print(f"Sport: {league.data.sport}")
print(f"Tier: {league.data.tier}")

# Check readiness score
readiness = client.leagues.readiness('league_001')
print(f"Readiness: {readiness.data.overall_score}/1000")

# View individual dimension scores
for dim in readiness.data.dimensions:
    print(f"  {dim.name}: {dim.score}/1000")

Using Raw HTTP (Optional)

Prefer to use HTTP directly? Here are examples:

curl -X GET "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues?sport_type=Soccer&tier=elite&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer demo-0001"
const url = "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues?sport_type=Soccer&tier=elite&limit=10";

const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer demo-0001" }
});

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

uri = URI('https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({ sport_type: 'Soccer', tier: 'elite', limit: 10 })

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer demo-0001'

response = http.request(request)
data = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts data
<?php
$url = 'https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues?sport_type=Soccer&tier=elite&limit=10';

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Authorization: Bearer demo-0001'
]);

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

var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer demo-0001");

var url = "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues?sport_type=Soccer&tier=elite&limit=10";
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?sport_type=Soccer&tier=elite&limit=10"
    
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer demo-0001")

    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 QuickStart {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String urlString = "https://api.altsportsdata.com/v1/leagues?sport_type=Soccer&tier=elite&limit=10";
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer demo-0001");

        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": [
    {
      "id": "league_001",
      "name": "Premier League",
      "sport": "Soccer",
      "country": "GB",
      "tier": "elite",
      "founded": 1992,
      "active": true
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 156,
    "limit": 10,
    "has_more": true,
    "api_version": "v1",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-07T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

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