GET/api/v1/search

Global search (teams / players / competitions)

Platform extensionsactivebetacoreAvailable

Access

Request: GET https://api.sports.csap.ai/api/v1/search
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: AvailableAny valid API key can call this endpoint.
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 3

Parameter	Type	required	Example	Description
q	string	required	`Arsenal`	Keyword (required)
lang	string	optional	`zh`	zh / en
limit	integer	optional	`2`	Rows per type

Example request

curl "https://api.sports.csap.ai/api/v1/search?limit=2&q=Arsenal" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Try it

Example response

Real response with an external key at 09/11/2026, 14:29 UTC: HTTP 200, 1 rows, 152 ms (data cut to 2 rows)

{
  "code": 0,
  "data": {
    "competitions": [],
    "players": [],
    "teams": [
      {
        "country_zh": "英格兰",
        "gtid": 3152,
        "name_zh": "阿森纳",
        "name": "Arsenal"
      },
      {
        "country_zh": "英格兰",
        "gtid": 6950,
        "name_zh": "阿森纳U21",
        "name": "Arsenal U21"
      }
    ]
  },
  "message": "success",
  "success": true
}

Response fields 3

competitionsarray

playersarray

teamsarray<object>· 4

Errors

HTTP	message	When
401	`missing API key / unauthorized`	No X-API-Key, or the key is invalid or disabled
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