Getting Started
Quickstart
Get started with the AltSportsLeagues API in minutes
Quickstart
Get up and running with AltSportsLeagues in just a few minutes using our official SDKs.
Prerequisites
- An AltSportsLeagues API key (or use demo key:
demo-0001) - Node.js 16+ (for TypeScript/JavaScript) or Python 3.8+
Step 1: Install the SDK
npm install altsportsleagues📦 Package: altsportsleagues on npm
pip install altsportsleagues📦 Package: altsportsleagues on PyPI
Step 2: Initialize the Client
import { AltSportsLeagues } from 'altsportsleagues';
const client = new AltSportsLeagues({
apiKey: process.env.ASL_API_KEY || 'demo-0001'
});from altsportsleagues import AltSportsLeagues
import os
client = AltSportsLeagues(
api_key=os.getenv('ASL_API_KEY', 'demo-0001')
)Step 3: List Leagues
Let's fetch alternative sports leagues:
// List tier-2 leagues
const leagues = await client.leagues.list({
tier: 'tier-2',
sport: 'Soccer',
limit: 10
});
// Print league names
leagues.data.forEach(league => {
console.log(`${league.name} (${league.country})`);
});# List tier-2 leagues
leagues = client.leagues.list(
tier='tier-2',
sport='Soccer',
limit=10
)
# Print league names
for league in leagues.data:
print(f"{league.name} ({league.country})")Step 4: Search & Discover
Use intelligent search to find leagues:
// Intelligent search
const results = await client.discovery.search({
query: 'professional pickleball leagues',
minConfidence: 0.7,
limit: 5
});
results.data.forEach(result => {
console.log(`Found: ${result.name}`);
console.log(`Confidence: ${result.confidence_score}`);
console.log(`Tier: ${result.estimated_tier}`);
});# Intelligent search
results = client.discovery.search(
query='professional pickleball leagues',
min_confidence=0.7,
limit=5
)
for result in results.data:
print(f"Found: {result.name}")
print(f"Confidence: {result.confidence_score}")
print(f"Tier: {result.estimated_tier}")Step 5: Get League Valuation
Evaluate a league's quality and partnership potential:
// Get valuation for a league
const valuation = await client.valuation.evaluate({
leagueId: 'league_001'
});
console.log(`Composite Score: ${valuation.data.composite_score}/100`);
console.log(`Tier: ${valuation.data.tier}`);
console.log(`Annual Value: $${valuation.data.estimated_annual_value}`);
// View dimension scores
Object.entries(valuation.data.dimensions).forEach(([dim, score]) => {
console.log(` ${dim}: ${score}/100`);
});# Get valuation for a league
valuation = client.valuation.evaluate(
league_id='league_001'
)
print(f"Composite Score: {valuation.data.composite_score}/100")
print(f"Tier: {valuation.data.tier}")
print(f"Annual Value: ${valuation.data.estimated_annual_value}")
# View dimension scores
for dim, score in valuation.data.dimensions.items():
print(f" {dim}: {score}/100")Using Raw HTTP (Optional)
Prefer to use HTTP directly? Here are examples:
curl -X GET "https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues?tier=tier-2&limit=10" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer demo-0001"const url = "https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues?tier=tier-2&limit=10";
const response = await fetch(url, {
headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer demo-0001" }
});
const leagues = await response.json();
console.log(leagues.data);require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({ tier: 'tier-2', limit: 10 })
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer demo-0001'
response = http.request(request)
data = JSON.parse(response.body)
puts data<?php
$url = 'https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues?tier=tier-2&limit=10';
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
'Authorization: Bearer demo-0001'
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
curl_close($ch);
print_r($data);
?>using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer demo-0001");
var url = "https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues?tier=tier-2&limit=10";
var response = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
Console.WriteLine(response);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
url := "https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues?tier=tier-2&limit=10"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer demo-0001")
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
public class QuickStart {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String urlString = "https://api.altsportsleagues.ai/v1/leagues?tier=tier-2&limit=10";
URL url = new URL(urlString);
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer demo-0001");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
);
String line;
StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(line);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());
}
}Example Response
{
"data": [
{
"id": "league_001",
"name": "International Pickleball Federation",
"sport": "Pickleball",
"tier": "tier-2",
"country": "US",
"region": "North America",
"status": "active",
"data_readiness": 0.85
}
],
"meta": {
"total": 156,
"limit": 10,
"has_more": true,
"api_version": "v1",
"timestamp": "2026-03-07T00:00:00Z"
}
}Next Steps
- Learn the SDKs: TypeScript | Python
- Explore all endpoints: API Reference
- For sportsbooks: Integration guide
- For leagues: Onboarding process
- Understand tiers: Tier classification