Basketball API
The Highlightly Basketball API provides real time basketball data including live scores with quarter by quarter breakdowns, video highlights, team statistics, standings, predictions, head to head data and last five games.
Coverage spans 340+ leagues, among them Euroleague, ACB, BBL, LNB, Lega A, NBL, CBA, the FIBA World Cup and the WNBA.
- Base URL
- basketball.highlightly.net
- Endpoints
- 19
- Format
- JSON only
- Version
- 7.2.4
Also available with an All Sports API subscription at
sports.highlightly.net/basketball.
See base URLs.
Where to start
Read Authentication first, since every request needs an API key. Pagination and limits covers paging and the results your plan might hide.
| If you want | Start at |
|---|---|
| Dunks, three pointers and game recaps | Highlights |
| Schedules, live scores and game detail | Matches |
| League, conference and division tables | Standings |
| Team statistics for a single match | Match statistics |
Finding a league to query
Matches, highlights, odds and standings are filtered by league. Start
from
countries to
find the code for a territory, then
leagues to get
the leagueId and the seasons it has data for.
Those two values unlock
standings,
and leagueId alone filters
matches,
highlights
and odds.
Base URLs
The basketball data in this reference is available two ways. A Basketball API subscription covers this API alone. An All Sports API subscription covers it and all other Highlightly sports under one key. Either one can be bought directly from Highlightly or through RapidAPI, which gives four base URLs.
| Subscription | Platform | Base URL |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball API | Highlightly | https://basketball.highlightly.net |
| Basketball API | RapidAPI |
https://basketball-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com
|
| All Sports API | Highlightly | https://sports.highlightly.net/basketball |
| All Sports API | RapidAPI |
https://sport-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com/basketball
|
Every endpoint in this reference is available on all four. On Highlightly, one API key works for every product, and the data returned depends on your subscription to that product. On RapidAPI, each product is separate and needs its own API key.
To call an endpoint, append its path to your base URL.
/matches becomes
https://basketball.highlightly.net/matches with a
Basketball API subscription and
https://sports.highlightly.net/basketball/matches with
an All Sports API subscription. Parameters, responses and refresh
intervals are the same on both, and every endpoint page shows both
routes.
Your plan affects the data retrieved. On the Basic and Free plans some endpoints return fewer results and some are not available, with either subscription. See Pagination and limits.
What changes with an All Sports API subscription
The headers have the same names on every base URL.
x-rapidapi-key is sent with every request, and
x-rapidapi-host is sent only when calling through
RapidAPI. What changes is the path and the host header, and on
RapidAPI the key.
| Basketball API | All Sports API | |
|---|---|---|
| Path | /matches |
/basketball/matches |
x-rapidapi-key on Highlightly |
Your Highlightly API key | Your Highlightly API key |
x-rapidapi-key on RapidAPI |
Your Basketball API key | Your All Sports API key |
x-rapidapi-host |
basketball-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com |
sport-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com |
On Highlightly, the same API key works on
basketball.highlightly.net and
sports.highlightly.net, and the data returned depends
on your subscription to each product. On RapidAPI, the Basketball
API and the All Sports API are separate products, so each needs its
own API key. One All Sports API quota covers every sport you call.
See
All Sports authentication.
Highlightly or RapidAPI
Both platforms give you analytics, billing settings and key management. RapidAPI does not offer custom plans or long term plan discounts.
Create an account at Highlightly or through RapidAPI. Plans and limits are listed on the Basketball API page and the All Sports API page.
OpenAPI specification
Import the OpenAPI 3.0 document into Postman or Insomnia, or generate a client from it.
Download docs.jsonSupport
For feature requests, questions, private plans or business enquiries, contact [email protected]. You can also start a discussion or send a private message through RapidAPI.
