# Introduction to API

Before you are able to call our API, you need a SportsAPI360 account. [Register now.](https://sportsapi360.com/register)

To make our first request, we’ll need a way to get authenticated first. **Football API 1.0** utilizes API tokens for authenticating requests. You can obtain and manage your API key in the [SportsAPI360](https://sportsapi360.com/login).

Example API key: \[HdoiD312ND….]

The API key is intended for your eyes only and, as such, should be stored securely.

{% hint style="danger" %}
API key has no expiration date and will remain valid until you manually delete it yourself.
{% endhint %}

## Cricket API

The request consists of the following components:

* The base URL
* A path parameter, in this example, we use \[series]
* A query string parameter, which is optional, so we leave this out for now
* And finally, your API key

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Base URL" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```mathml
https://apiv3.sportsapi360.com/football/api/v1
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

An example of a correctly authenticated request would be:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```mathml
curl --location 'https://apiv3.sportsapi360.com/football/api/v1/matches/live' \
--header 'x-app-key: {{ your api key }}'
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```
[{
    "tourName": "Indian Premier League, 2025",
    "seriesSearchNameForES": "Indian Premier League, 2025, March, Mar",
    "tourID": "7126",
    "league": "IPL",
    "seriesStartDate": "1742652000000",
    "seriesEndDate": "1748979000000",
    "T20count": 79,
    "matchLevel": "domestic",
    "Odicount": null,
    "Testcount": null,
    "seriesStatus": "live"
  },
  {
    "tourName": "ICC CWC League 2, 2023-27",
    "seriesSearchNameForES": "ICC CWC League 2, 2023-27, February, Feb",
    "tourID": "4689",
    "league": "ICC",
    "seriesStartDate": "1707968700000",
    "seriesEndDate": "1749742200000",
    "T20count": null,
    "matchLevel": "international",
    "Odicount": 79,
    "Testcount": null,
    "seriesStatus": "live"
  },
  {
    "tourName": "West Indies Women tour of England, 2025",
    "seriesSearchNameForES": "West Indies Women tour of England, 2025, May, May",
    "tourID": "6986",
    "league": "Women's International",
    "seriesStartDate": "1747848600000",
    "seriesEndDate": "1749310200000",
    "T20count": 3,
    "matchLevel": "international-womens",
    "Odicount": 3,
    "Testcount": null,
    "seriesStatus": "live"
  }]
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
We recommend you use Postman for convenience. Every endpoint has an example request ready for you to use. Hit the button below to import our **Football API** collection. [![Run in Postman](https://docs.sportmonks.com/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frun.pstmn.io%2Fbutton.svg\&width=300\&dpr=4\&quality=100\&sign=5f4dbf4c\&sv=2)](https://football-postman.sportsapi360.com/)
{% endhint %}


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```
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```

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