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GET/api/v1/countries

List countries / regions
Basic data packageWorld Cup packageactivebetacoreAvailable (scoped)

Description

Returns all countries / regions.

The data rarely changes; suggested frequency: once a day

Access

Request
GET https://api.sports.csap.ai/api/v1/countries
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 0

This endpoint takes no request parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api.sports.csap.ai/api/v1/countries" \
  -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, 329 rows, 193 ms (data cut to 2 rows)

{
  "code": 0,
  "data": [
    {
      "alpha2": "EN",
      "cat_id": "1",
      "category_id": null,
      "continent": null,
      "flag": "england",
      "id": 1,
      "logo": null,
      "name_zh": null,
      "name_zht": null,
      "priority": 10,
      "slug": "england",
      "source": "S2",
      "updated_at": 1794230400557,
      "name": "England"
    },
    {
      "alpha2": "AF",
      "cat_id": "1084",
      "category_id": null,
      "continent": null,
      "flag": "afghanistan",
      "id": 2,
      "logo": null,
      "name_zh": null,
      "name_zht": null,
      "priority": 0,
      "slug": "afghanistan",
      "source": "S2",
      "updated_at": 1794230400746,
      "name": "Afghanistan"
    }
  ],
  "message": "success",
  "success": true
}

Response fields 14

alpha2stringnullableISO 3166 two-letter country codeExample: "EN"
cat_idstringExample: "1"
category_idnullnullableCategory id
continentnullnullable
flagstringFlag imageExample: "england"
idintegerRecord id; paging cursor (the id parameter returns records >= this value). In match endpoints it is the platform match id (gmid)Example: 1
logonullnullableLogo (image address on this platform; empty when there is none)
name_enstringEnglish nameExample: "England"
name_zhnullnullableChinese name
name_zhtnullnullableTraditional Chinese name
priorityintegerSort weightExample: 10
slugstringEnglish slug (for URLs)Example: "england"
sourcestringSource code (S1, S2…)Example: "S2"
updated_atintegerLast update time (UTC, ISO 8601; incremental sync with the time parameter goes by it)Example: 1794230400557

Errors

HTTPmessageWhen
401missing API key / unauthorizedNo X-API-Key, or the key is invalid or disabled
429rate limit exceeded / daily quota exceededThe key's per-minute rate or daily quota is exceeded
429server busy, retry laterThe server's concurrency slots are full (only 2 heavy requests at a time); retry after Retry-After seconds
500query errorThe query failed on the server; you may retry