Play-by-play - SportQuanta

Get the NBA play-by-play feed for a game

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "game": {
      "id": "<string>",
      "canonical_id": "<string>",
      "external_ids": {},
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "season": "<string>",
      "status": "<string>",
      "home_team_id": "<string>",
      "away_team_id": "<string>",
      "game_type": "<string>",
      "schedule_date": "<string>",
      "scheduled_start_utc": "<string>",
      "venue_id": "<string>",
      "attendance": 123,
      "duration_minutes": 123,
      "linescore": {
        "home_score": 123,
        "away_score": 123,
        "period": 123,
        "game_clock": "<string>",
        "periods": [
          {
            "period": 123,
            "home_score": 123,
            "away_score": 123
          }
        ]
      },
      "home_scoring_breakdown": {
        "points_in_paint": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "fast_break_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "second_chance_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "bench_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "away_scoring_breakdown": {
        "points_in_paint": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "fast_break_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "second_chance_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "bench_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "live": {
        "status_code": "<string>",
        "status_label": "<string>",
        "period_ordinal": 123,
        "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "period_label": "<string>",
        "score": {
          "home": 123,
          "away": 123
        },
        "clock": {
          "is_running": true,
          "minute": 123,
          "second": 123,
          "display": "<string>"
        },
        "state_revision": 123
      }
    },
    "items": [
      {}
    ]
  },
  "_meta": {
    "request_id": "<string>",
    "served_from": "live",
    "cache_ttl_seconds": 123,
    "provenance": {},
    "availability": {}
  }
}

GET

nba

games

{id}

play-by-play

Get the NBA play-by-play feed for a game

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sportquanta.com/v1/nba/games/{id}/play-by-play")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "game": {
      "id": "<string>",
      "canonical_id": "<string>",
      "external_ids": {},
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "season": "<string>",
      "status": "<string>",
      "home_team_id": "<string>",
      "away_team_id": "<string>",
      "game_type": "<string>",
      "schedule_date": "<string>",
      "scheduled_start_utc": "<string>",
      "venue_id": "<string>",
      "attendance": 123,
      "duration_minutes": 123,
      "linescore": {
        "home_score": 123,
        "away_score": 123,
        "period": 123,
        "game_clock": "<string>",
        "periods": [
          {
            "period": 123,
            "home_score": 123,
            "away_score": 123
          }
        ]
      },
      "home_scoring_breakdown": {
        "points_in_paint": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "fast_break_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "second_chance_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "bench_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "away_scoring_breakdown": {
        "points_in_paint": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "fast_break_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "second_chance_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        },
        "bench_points": {
          "value": 123,
          "availability": "<string>",
          "calculation_mode": "<string>",
          "source": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "live": {
        "status_code": "<string>",
        "status_label": "<string>",
        "period_ordinal": 123,
        "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "period_label": "<string>",
        "score": {
          "home": 123,
          "away": 123
        },
        "clock": {
          "is_running": true,
          "minute": 123,
          "second": 123,
          "display": "<string>"
        },
        "state_revision": 123
      }
    },
    "items": [
      {}
    ]
  },
  "_meta": {
    "request_id": "<string>",
    "served_from": "live",
    "cache_ttl_seconds": 123,
    "provenance": {},
    "availability": {}
  }
}

Reference context: NBA. Overview · Response conventions

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Send a workspace API token in the Authorization: Bearer <token> header.

Path Parameters

string

required

Query Parameters

limit

integer

default:1000

Required range: 1 <= x <= 2000

provenance

boolean

default:false

Opt in to per-field provenance on supported single game, match, team, player, and venue reads. Lists and composites accept the flag but generally omit provenance. It is returned under _meta.provenance only when source metadata exists.

Response

Ordered NBA play records for the game.

data

object

required

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data.game

object | null

required

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data.game.id

string

data.game.canonical_id

string

data.game.external_ids

object | null

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data.game.external_ids.{key}

string

data.game.created_at

string<date-time>

data.game.updated_at

string<date-time>

data.game.season

string

data.game.status

string

data.game.home_team_id

string

data.game.away_team_id

string

data.game.game_type

string

data.game.schedule_date

string

data.game.scheduled_start_utc

string

data.game.venue_id

string

data.game.attendance

integer

data.game.duration_minutes

integer

data.game.linescore

object

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data.game.linescore.home_score

integer

data.game.linescore.away_score

integer

data.game.linescore.period

integer

data.game.linescore.game_clock

string

data.game.linescore.periods

object[] | null

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data.game.linescore.periods.period

integer

required

data.game.linescore.periods.home_score

integer

data.game.linescore.periods.away_score

integer

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown

object

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data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint

object

required

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data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.value

integer | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.availability

string

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.source

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points

object

required

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data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.value

integer | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.availability

string

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.source

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points

object

required

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data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.value

integer | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.availability

string

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.source

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.bench_points

object

required

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data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.value

integer | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.availability

string

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.home_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.source

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown

object

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data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint

object

required

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data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.value

integer | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.availability

string

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.points_in_paint.source

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points

object

required

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data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.value

integer | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.availability

string

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.fast_break_points.source

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points

object

required

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data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.value

integer | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.availability

string

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.second_chance_points.source

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.bench_points

object

required

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data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.value

integer | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.availability

string

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.calculation_mode

string | null

required

data.game.away_scoring_breakdown.bench_points.source

string | null

required

data.game.live

object

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data.game.live.status_code

string

required

data.game.live.status_label

string

required

data.game.live.period_ordinal

integer

required

data.game.live.updated_at

string<date-time>

required

data.game.live.period_label

string

data.game.live.score

object

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data.game.live.score.home

integer

required

data.game.live.score.away

integer

required

data.game.live.clock

object

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data.game.live.clock.is_running

boolean

required

data.game.live.clock.minute

integer

data.game.live.clock.second

integer

data.game.live.clock.display

string

data.game.live.state_revision

integer

data.items

object[] | null

required

_meta

object

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_meta.request_id

string

_meta.served_from

enum<string>

Available options:

live,

cache

_meta.cache_ttl_seconds

integer

Response cache TTL; independent of source freshness. Omitted when zero.

_meta.provenance

object

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_meta.provenance.{key}

object

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_meta.provenance.{key}.source

string

_meta.provenance.{key}.run_id

string

_meta.provenance.{key}.ingested_at

string<date-time>

_meta.availability

object

Endpoint-specific availability context, including soccer roster coverage.