Sports Data Scraping API
Collect live scores, player statistics, fixtures, and odds data from any sports source. AlterLab handles JavaScript-rendered sports pages automatically and returns structured JSON output for fantasy sports, analytics, and betting platforms. From $0.0002/request.
Extract Sports Data in One API Call
Send a sports page URL, get structured data. Scores, statistics, and fixtures in clean JSON output.
import requests
# Extract match scores and stats
response = requests.post(
"https://api.alterlab.io/v1/scrape",
headers={"X-API-Key": "sk_live_your_key"},
json={
"url": "https://sofascore.com/match/12345",
"formats": ["json", "html"],
}
)
data = response.json()
score = data["data"]["metadata"]# Monitor all matches at once
match_urls = [
"https://sofascore.com/match/1",
"https://sofascore.com/match/2",
"# all matches this weekend"
]
response = requests.post(
"https://api.alterlab.io/v1/batch",
headers={"X-API-Key": api_key},
json={"urls": match_urls}
)How Sports Data Collection Works with AlterLab
A complete sports data pipeline in four steps.
Submit Sports Page URLs
Send your target sports URLs to the AlterLab scrape or batch endpoint — match pages, player profiles, fixture lists, league tables, and odds pages. No per-site configuration required. AlterLab automatically handles the page rendering strategy appropriate for each source.
Automatic Rendering for JS-Heavy Sports Sites
Modern sports platforms render scores, statistics, and live updates via JavaScript. AlterLab detects whether a page requires a full browser and escalates automatically — extracting current score state, player stats, and match data regardless of the rendering approach used by the source site.
Extract Structured Sports Data
Request JSON output for structured data from schema.org markup when available. For sites without structured markup, use HTML output and apply CSS selectors to extract specific fields like scores, possession stats, player ratings, and substitution events. Markdown is available for LLM-powered sports analysis.
Schedule by Data Freshness Requirements
Align collection frequency with your data requirements: poll live score pages every minute during match windows, run daily batch jobs for fixtures and standings, and weekly sweeps for player statistics. The batch endpoint enables parallel collection across all active matches without multiplying your scheduling complexity.
Sports Data Use Cases
What sports platforms and developers build with AlterLab.
Fantasy Sports Platforms
Power player selection, lineup recommendations, and scoring systems with reliable statistics for football, basketball, baseball, cricket, and other sports.
Live Score Applications
Build real-time score dashboards that poll multiple sports and competitions simultaneously. Handle thousands of concurrent match pages with the batch endpoint.
Betting Analytics Tools
Collect odds data from multiple bookmakers, track line movements before kickoff, and build arbitrage detection or value betting systems with fresh price data.
Sports News Aggregators
Aggregate match results, player news, and competition standings from multiple sources into a unified feed for sports media applications.
Performance Analytics
Build player and team performance databases with historical statistics for sports research, coaching tools, and talent identification platforms.
Competition Tracking
Monitor league tables, cup brackets, and tournament progressions across multiple competitions and seasons in a single data pipeline.
Sports Data API — FAQ
Related Resources
JavaScript Rendering API
Render live sports dashboards and JS-heavy score pages with headless Chromium.
Price Monitoring
Track prices and build data collection pipelines for any vertical.
Other Use Cases
Financial data, market research, AI agents — see all AlterLab use cases.
Pricing
From $0.0002/request. No subscriptions. Balance never expires.
Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.
$1 free balance. No credit card. No SDK.
Just a POST request.
No credit card required · Up to 5,000 free scrapes · Balance never expires