ESPN league scoreboard by date API

Game scoreboard for a league (NBA/NFL/MLB/NHL/EPL and more) on a date with status, venue, and home/away teams and scores, normalized from the keyless (unofficial, best-effort) ESPN site API. Answers queries like 'NBA scores on a date', 'who is playing today', 'final score of the game'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data/sports-espn-scoreboard

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

sportsespnscoreboardscoresgamesnbanflbest-effort

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data/sports-espn-scoreboard

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "league": "nba",
  "date": "2024-01-01"
}

Example response

{
  "league": "nba",
  "date": "2024-01-01",
  "gameCount": 8,
  "games": [
    {
      "id": "401585079",
      "name": "MIN @ NY",
      "date": "2024-01-01T20:00Z",
      "status": "Final",
      "completed": true,
      "venue": "Madison Square Garden",
      "home": {
        "name": "New York Knicks",
        "abbrev": "NY",
        "score": 112,
        "winner": true
      },
      "away": {
        "name": "Minnesota Timberwolves",
        "abbrev": "MIN",
        "score": 106,
        "winner": false
      }
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "league"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "league": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "nba",
        "nfl",
        "epl"
      ]
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "2024-01-01"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}