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Find matches and football entities by keyword. Results are lightweight: they carry the ID and the display name needed to call the resource endpoints, plus a type discriminator.

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Operations

The t query parameter selects the operation. Parameters not listed for an operation are ignored. The theme column marks datasets that themed plans (Odds, Broadcast) include only for their own theme; Free and Standard plans include every theme for their leagues.

t Operation Required Optional Theme
match Search matches. Upcoming and recent matches whose teams or competition match q, with kickoff date, teams and league. q utc core
league Search leagues. Leagues matching q, with country. q core
team Search teams. Teams whose name matches q. q core
player Search players. Players whose name matches q. q core
referee Search referees. Referees whose name matches q. q core
country Search countries. Countries whose name matches q, with country code. q core
continent Search continents. Continents whose name matches q. q core
tv Search TV channels. TV channels matching q, for use with broadcast operations. q broadcast

t=channel is accepted as an alias of t=tv. Search responses are not paginated and report meta.count and meta.total as 0; use the length of data.

Examples

Search matches:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=match&q=salzburg

Search leagues:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=league&q=bundesliga

Search teams:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=team&q=barcelona

Search players:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=player&q=ronaldo

Search referees:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=referee&q=clattenburg

Search countries:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=country&q=austria

Search continents:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=continent&q=europe

Search TV channels:

GET /v2.2/search/?user=USER&token=TOKEN&t=tv&q=dazn