GET/api/v1/competitions/global

Global competitions (de-duplicated and merged, one row per competition)

EntitiesGlobalactivebetacoreAvailable (scoped)

Description

Global competitions, de-duplicated and merged, queried by global id (gcid). Carries names in several languages, logo and short name. competition_id in match endpoints is this gcid. The cursor is id (uid); limit is at most 1000.

Access

Request: GET https://api.sports.csap.ai/api/v1/competitions/global
Auth: Header X-API-Key: <your key> (Authorization: Bearer <key> also works; ?key= is still accepted but discouraged, because the key ends up in URLs and logs)
External keys: Available (scoped)External keys can call it, but only data inside the open scope is returned.
Rate limits: 3000 per minute · 200000 per day · Set per key (rate_per_min and quota_daily returned by /api/v1/account are authoritative; the numbers above are a trial key's). Beyond them the answer is 429. In addition, heavy requests such as whole-table snapshots and statistics lists without a match id are processed 2 at a time for the whole platform; a request that cannot get a slot receives 429 with Retry-After. Responses do not carry X-RateLimit-* headers for now. See the general guide

Request parameters 2

Parameter	Type	required	Example	Description
id	integer	optional	`287`	Cursor: rows with uid (= gcid) >= this value; batches supported
limit	integer	optional	`2`	Default 1000, maximum 1000

Example request

curl "https://api.sports.csap.ai/api/v1/competitions/global?limit=2" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Try it

Example response

Real response with an external key at 09/11/2026, 14:28 UTC: HTTP 200, 2 rows, 90 ms (data cut to 2 rows)

{
  "code": 0,
  "data": [
    {
      "gcid": 1,
      "gender": "M",
      "logo": "http://43.99.60.51:8080/logos/7770eec79a78cf4b27e1bb4cab8bb38798192f4b2b3a068bc56cbed8f944425c.png",
      "name_zh": "国际友谊 十一月",
      "name_zht": null,
      "source_count": 3,
      "sources": {
        "S2": "39594",
        "S3": "34",
        "S5": "mo07dnidvaxknxy"
      },
      "squad": "u16",
      "uid": 1,
      "updated_at": "2026-11-09T14:24:52.634633Z",
      "name": "U16 Football Federations Cup"
    },
    {
      "gcid": 2,
      "gender": "M",
      "logo": "http://43.99.60.51:8080/logos/970c36e1511c9e14b73b55d5e6fae5e0efe91dc9fe9ac59f37df71475fe8aea7.png",
      "name_zh": "约旦U20",
      "name_zht": null,
      "source_count": 3,
      "sources": {
        "S2": "39549",
        "S3": "7616",
        "S5": "5xvkjoi8l5br793"
      },
      "squad": "u20",
      "uid": 2,
      "updated_at": "2026-11-09T14:24:53.591912Z",
      "name": "Jordan U20 League"
    }
  ],
  "message": "success",
  "success": true
}

Response fields 12

gcidintegerPlatform competition idExample: 1

genderstringGenderExample: "M"

logostringLogo (image address on this platform; empty when there is none)

name_enstringEnglish nameExample: "U16 Football Federations Cup"

name_zhstringChinese nameExample: "国际友谊十一月"

name_zhtnullnullableTraditional Chinese name

short_name_ennullnullableEnglish short name

source_countintegerNumber of sourcesExample: 3

sourcesobjectSource codes of this merged record (comma separated)· 3

squadstringSquadExample: "u16"

uidintegerUnique cursor id of the recordExample: 1

updated_atstringLast update time (UTC, ISO 8601; incremental sync with the time parameter goes by it)Example: "2026-11-09T14:24:52.634633Z"

Errors

HTTP	message	When
401	`missing API key / unauthorized`	No X-API-Key, or the key is invalid or disabled
400	`bad param …`	Malformed parameter (e.g. id is neither a number nor u<uid>)
301	`match merged into <gmid>`	Queried by an old match id that has been merged into a new gmid: Location points to the new address and the body carries moved_to
404	`not found`	The match / team / competition does not exist, or is outside what this key can see (external keys see only matches inside the open coverage)
429	`rate limit exceeded / daily quota exceeded`	The key's per-minute rate or daily quota is exceeded
429	`server busy, retry later`	The server's concurrency slots are full (only 2 heavy requests at a time); retry after Retry-After seconds
500	`query error`	The query failed on the server; you may retry