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...
If you look at the response object provided by your scoreboard URL, you'll see that you get a list of event objects with URLs. If you modify an event URL to use espn.com rather than espn.pvt (not sure why you got the .pvt in the first place), you get a URL to the event JSON:
http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/mma/leagues/ufc/events/600030732
The URL above returns the event details for "UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes".
From events, you can then get a list of competitions, which are the unique fights. Each competition has a unique ID that can be requested for more information about the specific fight. Competitions have competitors. And then competitors have statistics. The final endpoint would look like this:
http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/mma/leagues/ufc/events/600029512/competitions/401525107/competitors/4285679/statistics