Don Best Sports

In Play Data Service

Event

An Event describes something which will occur and have a definable outcome. This may be an individual sporting Match or a Proposition which may span several Matches. Events are categorized as either Matchup or Other. Matchup events have two participants other Events can have any number of participants.

The schedule is refreshed once a day at approximatly 08:00 UTC / 2AM PST. It can also be updated periodically throught the day.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<don_best_sports>
    <id>schedule</id>
    <updated/>
    <schedule>
        <sport id="2" name="Basketball">
            <league id="3" name="NBA">
                <group id="2345533" type="event" type_id="1" description="NBA ">
                    <event id="342695" season="regular" opentime="2014-10-11T06:50:30+0000"
                        name="Miami Heat vs San Antonio Spurs" event_state="in-progress"
                        event_state_id="2" time_changed="false" neutral="false">
                        <location name="AT&T Center" location_id="952"/>
                        <participant name="Miami Heat" abbreviation="Heat" rotation="501"
                            side="away" team_id="317"/>
                        <participant name="San Antonio Spurs" abbreviation="Spurs" rotation="502"
                            side="home" team_id="329"/>
                    </event>
                </group>
            </league>
        </sport>
    </schedule>
</don_best_sports>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<don_best_sports>
    <id>schedule</id>
    <updated/>
    <schedule>
    <sport id="3" name="Baseball">
    <league id="5" name="MLB">
        <group id="206359" name="MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL  - Friday, August 8th  -  INTERLEAGUE - ">
            <event id="371131" season="REGULAR" opentime="2014-08-08T20:05:00+0" event_state="final" 
            event_state_id="5" time_changed="false" neitral="false" name="Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago Cubs" 
            pitcher_changed="false">
            <location name="Wrigley Field" id="652" />
                <participant rotation="925" side="away" name="Tampa Bay Rays" abbreviaiton="tampa bay"
                 team_id="1278" pitcher_changed="false" >
                    <pitcher hand="right" player_id="182100" full_name="CHRIS ARCHER">C ARCHER</pitcher>
                </participant>
                <participant rot="926" side="home" name="Chicago Cubs" abbreviation="chicago" 
                team_id="1297" pitcher_changed="false">
                    <pitcher hand="right" player_id="183206" full_name="TSUYOSHI WADA">T WADA </pitcher>
                </participant>
            </event>
        </group>
    </league>
    </sport>
    </schedule>
</don_best_sports>
name description notes
event_id unique event id @int unique event identifier
open_time schedule game start @timestamp game start time
event_state event state description @string event state
event_state_type_id event state id @int event state identifier
time_changed time changed flag @bool time changed
neutral no home team, neutral stadium @bool neutral
participant.name participant string name @string team name
participant.abbreviation participant abbreviation @string team abbreviation
participant.rotation participant rotation number @int participant identifier (rot)
participant.team_id team id @int team identifier
pitcher.hand right / left @string handedness
pitcher.id pitcher.player_id @int player identifier
pitcher.full_name player name @string players name