ESPN Games
ESPN game summaries — teams, score, status, venue and date.
1 rows in the dataset
Download the dataset
Get every row this scraper has collected as one CSV or JSONL file. If the data is older than maxAgeHours, the scraper is re-run with its configured settings first. The key needs the datasets:export scope.
DOWNLOAD_ID=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/datasets/espn-games/downloads" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"maxAgeHours":24,"format":"csv"}' | jq -r '.id')while true; do STATUS=$(curl -s "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/downloads/$DOWNLOAD_ID" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY" | jq -r '.status') [ "$STATUS" != "refreshing" ] && break sleep 5donecurl -s "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/downloads/$DOWNLOAD_ID/file" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY" \ -o dataset.csvAt its current 1 row, this download costs 1 credit when the data is fresh enough, or 2 credits when it has to be refreshed first.
The rate is 1 credit per 100 rows cached and 2 credits live, charged on the rows in the dataset when the download becomes ready. A failed refresh is not charged. The file stays downloadable for 24 hours. See pricing.
Start a run
To choose the targets yourself, send the parameters below as input. The call returns 202 with the run; the key needs the scrapers:run scope and the account a positive credit balance.
curl -X POST "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/scrapers/espn-games/runs" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "input": { "league": "football/nfl", "eventIds": [ "401671789" ], "maxEvents": 200, "requestDelayMs": 400 } }'A run is billed at the live rate once it finishes: 2 credits per 100 rows it collected. A run that collects nothing costs nothing.
Parameters
Every parameter is optional. Anything you leave out uses the default shown here; an unknown name or an invalid value is rejected with a 400 that lists each problem.
Targeting
leagueenum
Sport / league
Sport and league travel together in the endpoint path; an unmatched pair is a 404, not an empty result. Unlisted leagues can be set as `sport/league` through the raw-JSON options.
- Default
football/nfl- Allowed values
football/nflfootball/college-footballbasketball/nbabasketball/wnbabasketball/mens-college-basketballbaseball/mlbhockey/nhlsoccer/eng.1soccer/usa.1
eventIdsstring[]
Event ids
ESPN's own game ids — the number in a Gamecast URL. Every id must belong to the league selected above.
- Default
["401671789"]- Example
401671789
Advanced
maxEventsnumber
Max events per run
Ceiling on how many of the listed ids are fetched. Rows upsert, so this bounds one run rather than the dataset.
- Default
200- Range
- 1 to 5000
requestDelayMsnumber
Delay between requests (ms)
- Default
400- Range
- 0 to 30000
Input as JSON Schema
The same schema the API validates against. Use it as a tool input schema or to generate a typed client.
{ "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "league": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "football/nfl", "football/college-football", "basketball/nba", "basketball/wnba", "basketball/mens-college-basketball", "baseball/mlb", "hockey/nhl", "soccer/eng.1", "soccer/usa.1" ], "title": "Sport / league", "description": "Sport and league travel together in the endpoint path; an unmatched pair is a 404, not an empty result. Unlisted leagues can be set as `sport/league` through the raw-JSON options.", "default": "football/nfl" }, "eventIds": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "maxItems": 1000, "title": "Event ids", "description": "ESPN's own game ids — the number in a Gamecast URL. Every id must belong to the league selected above.", "default": [ "401671789" ], "examples": [ "401671789" ] }, "maxEvents": { "type": "number", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "title": "Max events per run", "description": "Ceiling on how many of the listed ids are fetched. Rows upsert, so this bounds one run rather than the dataset.", "default": 200 }, "requestDelayMs": { "type": "number", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 30000, "title": "Delay between requests (ms)", "default": 400 } }}Run, poll, read rows
The run is asynchronous. Poll it until it reaches a terminal status and its billing is paid, then page through its rows. Until then the rows endpoint answers 409 (still queued or running) or 402 (payment required).
RUN_ID=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/scrapers/espn-games/runs" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "input": { "league": "football/nfl", "eventIds": [ "401671789" ], "maxEvents": 200, "requestDelayMs": 400 } }' | jq -r '.id')while true; do RUN=$(curl -s "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/runs/$RUN_ID" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY") STATUS=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.status') BILLING=$(echo "$RUN" | jq -r '.billing.status') case "$STATUS" in queued|running) ;; *) [ "$BILLING" != "pending" ] && break ;; esac sleep 5doneecho "$RUN" | jq '{status, rowCount, billing}'curl -s "https://api.pandorlabs.com/v1/runs/$RUN_ID/rows?page=1&limit=100" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $PANDORLABS_KEY"See the API reference for pagination, cancelling and listing runs.
Output fields
Rows have no fixed schema; these are the fields observed in the rows collected so far. Coverage is the share of rows where the field is present.
| Field | Type | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| attendance | number | 100% |
| away_score | number | 100% |
| away_team | string | 100% |
| competitors | array | 100% |
| completed | boolean | 100% |
| event_id | string | 100% |
| home_score | number | 100% |
| home_team | string | 100% |
| league | string | 100% |
| league_abbreviation | string | 100% |
| league_name | string | 100% |
| name | string | 100% |
| neutral_site | boolean | 100% |
| season_type | number | 100% |
| season_year | number | 100% |
| sport | string | 100% |
| start_date | date | 100% |
| status_description | string | 100% |
| status_detail | string | 100% |
| status_state | string | 100% |
| venue_city | string | 100% |
| venue_country | string | 100% |
| venue_name | string | 100% |
| venue_state | string | 100% |
| week | number | 100% |
| winner | string | 100% |
| created_at | date | 100% |
| first_seen_at | date | 100% |
| last_seen_at | date | 100% |
| updated_at | date | 100% |
| _id | string | 100% |
