Frequently asked questions for Bandy v2
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Coverage
What leagues do you cover, and at what level?
Coverage information can be found at our Coverage Matrix.
How will a sport event behave when it is not covered with live scores?
When a sport_event is not covered live, the status and match_status will remain as not_started until results are entered post-match.
Integration
How can I find the values for various enum data points within the API?
Many enum values are listed in the FAQ below. For the most up-to-date values, please see the Schema section of the OpenAPI specification here: https://api.sportradar.com/bandy/trial/v2/openapi/swagger/index.html
What format are date fields presented in?
When we present date only values we present these in the ISO 8601 standard format.
ex: 2013-04-03
We use these for attributes that have date and no time (such as birthdate). For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
What format are the date/time fields presented in?
All of our Date/Time attributes are in UTC, presented in the ISO 8601 standard format.
ex: 2013-04-03T18:15:00+00:00
For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
How do I locate the TTL (Time to Live)/cache on an API endpoint?
The cache (in seconds) can be accessed in the returned header information on each RESTful API call, under cache-control.
ex. cache-control: max-age=1, public, s-maxage=1 or
cache-control: public, must-revalidate, max-age=120
Sport Event Statuses
What are the valid sport_event_status – status values?
sport_event_status – status values?not_started– The match is scheduled to be playedstarted– The match has begunpostponed– The match has been postponed to a future datesuspended– The match has been suspendedcancelled– The match has been cancelled and will not be playeddelayed– The match has been temporarily delayed and will be continuedlive– The match is currently in progressinterrupted- The match began, but coverage has stopped for a short time. Note that match scores may not be updated during this period, the last recorded match score will be displayed insteadended– The match is overclosed– The match results have been confirmed
What are the valid sport_event_status – match_status values?
sport_event_status – match_status values?not_started1st_period2nd_periodaetendedpostponedcancelledstarted
Past Season Data
How do I access past results and stats?
Use the Competition Seasons endpoint to locate the season_id for the season you want to access. Use that season_id to interrogate the various seasons endpoints.
Probabilities
What are the valid outcomes for probabilities?
home_team_winneraway_team_winnerdraw
Pagination
Why can't I find a particular match in the Daily Summaries, Season Summaries or Sport Events Updated endpoints?
These endpoints support pagination and return 200 entries by default. To return more matches, an additional query string parameter must be used after your API key. For example, appending &start=200 will return the next 200 entries per page, &start=400 will return the next 200, and so on.
Standings / Tournaments
What are the possible values for cup_round – state in the Season Links endpoint?
cup_round – state in the Season Links endpoint?Listed below are the values and definitions for cup_round - state. These can be leveraged to determine the status of a cup round.
empty- A matchup has been created but neither the match details nor the competitors are known.unseeded_fixture- Match details are known but competitors are unknown.partial_seeded- One competitor is known.partial_seeded_fixture- Match details and one competitor are known.seeded- Both competitors are known.seeded_fixture- Match details and both competitors are known.unstarted- Match(es) have been added.on_going- The first match has started.decided- The last match has ended.winner- The winner is known.cancelled– The matchup has been cancelled.
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