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API-NBA Overview
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So as a great fan of Basketball and a lover of the MERN stack technology, I decided to build a simple NBA scorebaord project, which will…
Table of ContentsHow to get access to the NBA API1. Sign Up for a RapidAPI User Account2. Navigate to the NBA API Console3. Subscribe to the NBA APIHow To Use the NBA API with PythonNBA API Endpoints OverviewGetting the NBA Team Standings DataHow to Build a Team Standings Chart App for the NBA SeasonPrerequisitesPython LibrariesCoding …
News, projections and advanced analytics for NBA DFS.
README
All NBA Stats DATA, Games, Livescore, Standings, Statistics, Teams, Players, Seasons, Leagues.
An NBA API for Live Basketball Stats
Review the https://rapidapi.com/api-sports/api/api-nba NBA API docs and learn https://blog.rapidapi.com/nba-basketball-stats-api how to use the API.
ARCHITECTURE
DOCUMENTATION
Seasons
All {season} can be used in other endpoints as filters
Parameters
This endpoint does not require any parameters
Requests
GET All
Get all available {season}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/seasons/");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET seasons/",
"results": 5,
"filters": [],
"seasons": [
"2015",
"2016",
"2017",
"2018",
"2019"
]
}
}
Leagues
All {leagues} can be used in other endpoints as filters
Parameters
This endpoint does not require any parameters
Requests
GET All
Get all available {leagues}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/leagues/");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET leagues/",
"results": 6,
"filters": [],
"leagues": [
"africa",
"orlando",
"sacramento",
"standard",
"utah",
"vegas"
]
}
}
Teams
The team {id} are unique in the API
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>teamId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>league</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>city</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>shortName</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>nickName</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>confName</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>divName</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By teamId
Get one team from one team {teamId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/teamId/1");
GET By league
Get one team from one team {league}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/league/standard");
GET By city
Get all teams from one {city}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/city/Atlanta");
GET By shortName
Get one team from one {shortName}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/shortName/ATL");
GET By nickName
Get one team from one {nickName}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/nickName/Hawks");
GET By confName
Get all teams from one {confName}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/confName/East");
GET By divName
Get all teams from one {divName}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/teams/divName/Southeast");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET teams/teamId/1",
"results": 1,
"filters": [
"teamId",
"league",
"city",
"shortName",
"nickName",
"confName",
"divName"
],
"teams": [
{
"city": "Atlanta",
"fullName": "Atlanta Hawks",
"teamId": 1,
"nickname": "Hawks",
"logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/e/ee/Hawks_2016.png",
"shortName": "ATL",
"allStar": 0,
"nbaFranchise": 1,
"leagues": {
"standard": {
"confName": "East",
"divName": "Southeast"
},
"vegas": {
"confName": "summer",
"divName": null
},
"utah": {
"confName": "Utah",
"divName": null
}
}
}
]
}
}
Standings
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>league</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>season</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer [YYYY]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>teamId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>false</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>conference</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>false</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>division</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>false</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By league
Get all Standings from one {league} & {season}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/standings/standard/2019");
GET By league & teamId
Get all Standings from one {league} & {season} & {teamId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/standings/standard/2019/teamId/1");
GET By league & conference
Get all Standings from one {league} & {season} & {conference}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/standings/standard/2019/conference/east");
GET By league & division
Get all Standings from one {league} & {season} & {division}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/standings/standard/2019/division/southeast");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET standings/standard/2019",
"results": 30,
"filters": [
"conference",
"division",
"teamId"
],
"standings": [
{
"league": "standard",
"teamId": 26,
"win": 7,
"loss": 10,
"gamesBehind": "7.5",
"lastTenWin": 5,
"lastTenLoss": 5,
"streak": 1,
"seasonYear": 2019,
"conference": {
"name": "east",
"rank": 8,
"win": 5,
"loss": 7
},
"division": {
"name": "southeast",
"rank": 2,
"win": 1,
"loss": 1,
"GamesBehind": "5.0"
},
"winPercentage": ".412",
"lossPercentage": ".588",
"home": {
"win": 6,
"loss": 3
},
"away": {
"win": 1,
"loss": 7
},
"winStreak": 1,
"tieBreakerPoints": null
}
]
}
}
Games
games
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>gameId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>date</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than a valid date [YYYY-MM-DD]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>live</td>
<td>none</td>
<td>false</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>teamId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>season</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer [YYYY]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>league</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>league</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By gameId
Get games from one game {gameId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/games/gameId/6642");
GET By live
Get all available games in play
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/games/live/");
GET By league
Get all available games from one {league} & {season}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/games/league/standard/2019");
GET By teamId
Get all available games from one {teamId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/games/teamId/1");
GET By date
Get all available games from one {date}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/games/date/2019-11-28");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET games/gameId/6642",
"results": 1,
"filters": [
"seasonYear",
"league",
"gameId",
"teamId",
"date",
"live"
],
"games": [
{
"seasonYear": "2019",
"league": "standard",
"gameId": "6642",
"startTimeUTC": "2019-11-28T00:00:00.000Z",
"endTimeUTC": "2019-11-28T02:43:00.000Z",
"arena": "TD Garden",
"city": "Boston",
"country": "USA",
"clock": "",
"gameDuration": "2:15",
"currentPeriod": "4/4",
"halftime": "0",
"EndOfPeriod": "0",
"seasonStage": "2",
"statusShortGame": "3",
"statusGame": "Finished",
"vTeam": {
"teamId": "4",
"shortName": "BKN",
"fullName": "Brooklyn Nets",
"nickName": "Nets",
"logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Brooklyn_Nets_newlogo.svg/130pxBrooklyn_Nets_newlogo.svg.png",
"score": {
"points": "110"
}
},
"hTeam": {
"teamId": "2",
"shortName": "BOS",
"fullName": "Boston Celtics",
"nickName": "Celtics",
"logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/thumb/6/65/Celtics_de_Boston_logo.svg/1024px-Celtics_de_Boston_logo.svg.png",
"score": {
"points": "121"
}
}
}
]
}
}
games details
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>gameId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>false</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By gameId
Get details from one game {gameId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/gameDetails/6642");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET gameDetails/6642",
"results": 1,
"filters": [
""
],
"game": [
{
"seasonYear": "2019",
"league": "standard",
"gameId": "6642",
"startTimeUTC": "2019-11-28T00:00:00.000Z",
"endTimeUTC": "2019-11-28T02:43:00.000Z",
"arena": "TD Garden",
"city": "Boston",
"country": "USA",
"clock": "",
"gameDuration": "2:15",
"timesTied": "",
"leadChanges": "",
"currentPeriod": "4/4",
"halftime": "0",
"EndOfPeriod": "0",
"seasonStage": "2",
"statusShortGame": "3",
"statusGame": "Finished",
"vTeam": {
"fullName": "Brooklyn Nets",
"teamId": "4",
"nickname": "Nets",
"logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Brooklyn_Nets_newlogo.svg/130pxBrooklyn_Nets_newlogo.svg.png",
"shortName": "BKN",
"allStar": "0",
"nbaFranchise": "1",
"score": {
"win": "9",
"loss": "9",
"seriesWin": "0",
"seriesLoss": "1",
"linescore": [
"23",
"40",
"23",
"24"
],
"points": "110"
},
"leaders": [
{
"points": "7",
"playerId": "727",
"name": "Jarrett Allen"
},
{
"rebounds": "14",
"playerId": "727",
"name": "Jarrett Allen"
},
{
"assists": "11",
"playerId": "142",
"name": "Spencer Dinwiddie"
},
{
"points": "22",
"playerId": "507",
"name": "Garrett Temple"
},
{
"assists": "4",
"playerId": "1013",
"name": "Theo Pinson"
}
]
},
"hTeam": {
"fullName": "Boston Celtics",
"teamId": "2",
"nickname": "Celtics",
"logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/thumb/6/65/Celtics_de_Boston_logo.svg/1024px-Celtics_de_Boston_logo.svg.png",
"shortName": "BOS",
"allStar": "0",
"nbaFranchise": "1",
"score": {
"win": "13",
"loss": "4",
"seriesWin": "1",
"seriesLoss": "0",
"linescore": [
"30",
"27",
"34",
"30"
],
"points": "121"
},
"leaders": [
{
"points": "8",
"playerId": "886",
"name": "Daniel Theis"
},
{
"rebounds": "3",
"playerId": "886",
"name": "Daniel Theis"
},
{
"assists": "4",
"playerId": "538",
"name": "Kemba Walker"
},
{
"rebounds": "10",
"playerId": "75",
"name": "Jaylen Brown"
},
{
"assists": "2",
"playerId": "291",
"name": "Enes Kanter"
},
{
"points": "39",
"playerId": "538",
"name": "Kemba Walker"
},
{
"rebounds": "9",
"playerId": "882",
"name": "Jayson Tatum"
},
{
"assists": "5",
"playerId": "486",
"name": "Marcus Smart"
}
]
},
"officials": [
{
"name": "James Capers"
},
{
"name": "Scott Wall"
},
{
"name": "Jonathan Sterling"
}
]
}
]
}
}
statistics
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>gameId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By gameId
Get team statistics from one {gameId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/statistics/games/gameId/6642");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET statistics/games/gameId/6642",
"results": 2,
"filters": [
"gameId"
],
"statistics": [
{
"gameId": "6642",
"teamId": "4",
"fastBreakPoints": "13",
"pointsInPaint": "38",
"biggestLead": "9",
"secondChancePoints": "10",
"pointsOffTurnovers": "14",
"longestRun": "10",
"points": "110",
"fgm": "40",
"fga": "90",
"fgp": "44.4",
"ftm": "9",
"fta": "19",
"ftp": "47.4",
"tpm": "21",
"tpa": "56",
"tpp": "37.5",
"offReb": "11",
"defReb": "27",
"totReb": "38",
"assists": "32",
"pFouls": "22",
"steals": "5",
"turnovers": "15",
"blocks": "6",
"plusMinus": "-11",
"min": "240:00"
},
{
"gameId": "6642",
"teamId": "2",
"fastBreakPoints": "21",
"pointsInPaint": "46",
"biggestLead": "13",
"secondChancePoints": "25",
"pointsOffTurnovers": "23",
"longestRun": "9",
"points": "121",
"fgm": "43",
"fga": "97",
"fgp": "44.3",
"ftm": "22",
"fta": "24",
"ftp": "91.7",
"tpm": "13",
"tpa": "34",
"tpp": "38.2",
"offReb": "19",
"defReb": "36",
"totReb": "55",
"assists": "23",
"pFouls": "17",
"steals": "10",
"turnovers": "14",
"blocks": "5",
"plusMinus": "11",
"min": "240:00"
}
]
}
}
Players
informations
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>playerId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>teamId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>league</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>country</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lastName</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>firstname</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By playerId
Get one player from {playerId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/players/playerId/17");
GET By teamId
Get all players from one {teamId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/players/teamId/6");
GET By league
Get all players from one {league}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/players/league/standard");
GET By country
Get all players from one {country}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/players/country/spain");
GET By lastName
Get all players from one {lastName}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/players/lastName/Abrines");
GET By firstName
Get all players from one {firstName}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/players/firstName/Alex");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET players/playerId/44",
"results": 1,
"filters": [
"playerId",
"teamId",
"league",
"country",
"lastName",
"firstName"
],
"players": [
{
"firstName": "Kent",
"lastName": "Bazemore",
"teamId": "29",
"yearsPro": "7",
"collegeName": "Old Dominion",
"country": "USA",
"playerId": "44",
"dateOfBirth": "1989-07-01",
"affiliation": "Old Dominion/USA",
"startNba": "2012",
"heightInMeters": "1.93",
"weightInKilograms": "88.5",
"leagues": {
"standard": {
"jersey": "24",
"active": "1",
"pos": "G-F"
}
}
}
]
}
}
statistics per games
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>gameId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By gameId
Get all players statistics from one {gameId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/statistics/players/gameId/6642");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET statistics/players/gameId/6642",
"results": 26,
"filters": [
"gameId",
"playerId"
],
"statistics": [
{
"gameId": "6642",
"teamId": "4",
"points": "21",
"pos": "SF",
"min": "26:40",
"fgm": "8",
"fga": "13",
"fgp": "61.5",
"ftm": "0",
"fta": "0",
"ftp": "0.0",
"tpm": "5",
"tpa": "9",
"tpp": "55.6",
"offReb": "1",
"defReb": "4",
"totReb": "5",
"assists": "2",
"pFouls": "4",
"steals": "0",
"turnovers": "0",
"blocks": "2",
"plusMinus": "-7",
"playerId": "221"
},
{
"gameId": "6642",
"teamId": "4",
"points": "12",
"pos": "PF",
"min": "28:31",
"fgm": "4",
"fga": "10",
"fgp": "40.0",
"ftm": "0",
"fta": "0",
"ftp": "0.0",
"tpm": "4",
"tpa": "10",
"tpp": "40.0",
"offReb": "0",
"defReb": "1",
"totReb": "1",
"assists": "1",
"pFouls": "3",
"steals": "0",
"turnovers": "3",
"blocks": "0",
"plusMinus": "-14",
"playerId": "437"
}
]
}
}
statistics per player
Parameters
<table>
<tr>
<th>Parameter</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>playerId</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>true</td>
<td>Fails if field contains anything other than an integer</td>
</tr>
</table>
Requests
GET By playerId
Get all players statistics from one {playerId}
get("https://api-nba-v1.p.rapidapi.com/statistics/players/playerId/175");
Response Model
{
"api": {
"status": 200,
"message": "GET statistics/players/playerId/175",
"results": 235,
"filters": [
"gameId",
"playerId"
],
"statistics": [
{
"gameId": "1429",
"teamId": "8",
"points": "3",
"pos": "",
"min": "20:30",
"fgm": "1",
"fga": "3",
"fgp": "33.3",
"ftm": "0",
"fta": "2",
"ftp": "0.0",
"tpm": "1",
"tpa": "2",
"tpp": "50.0",
"offReb": "1",
"defReb": "3",
"totReb": "4",
"assists": "1",
"pFouls": "0",
"steals": "0",
"turnovers": "0",
"blocks": "1",
"plusMinus": "-4",
"playerId": "175"
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