ESPN's hidden API endpoints
Latest News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/news
Latest Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/scoreboard
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query params:
- calendar: 'blacklist'
- dates: any date in YYYYMMDD
Game Information: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/summary?event=:gameId
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params:
- gameId: identifier of some game (EX: 400934572 for 2017 Army vs Navy)
Team Information: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/teams/:team
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params:
- team: some team abbreviation (EX: 'all' for Allegheny, 'gt' for Georgia Tech, 'wisconsin' for Wisconsin)
Rankings: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/rankings
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/teams/:team
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/baseball/mlb/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/baseball/mlb/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/baseball/mlb/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/baseball/mlb/teams/:team
Scores: https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/baseball/college-baseball/scoreboard
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/teams/:team
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/:team
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/wnba/teams/:team
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/womens-college-basketball/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/womens-college-basketball/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/womens-college-basketball/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/womens-college-basketball/teams/:team
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard
News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/mens-college-basketball/news
All Teams: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/mens-college-basketball/teams
Specific Team: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/mens-college-basketball/teams/:team
Scores: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/soccer/:league/scoreboard
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params:
- league: some league abbreviation (EX: 'eng.1' for EPL, 'usa.1' for MLS)
Latest News: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/soccer/:league/news
List of Team Information: http://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/soccer/:league/teams
Will update with more information as I find more...
You can call this to see the regular season week 1 - if you click the link below you'll see the events JSON payload for all the games in week 1. The data is real time and sometimes faster than my YouTube TV feed. But I would caution that there is a limit on how many times per day you can call it. That goes for all these APIs.
I usually call it every 60 minutes when there is no game, to get schedule updates and odds / lines changes. When games are on I switch to every 5 minutes. This way I avoid the limits, which I think is 2500 calls per day.
https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/nfl/scoreboard?seasontype=2&week=1