A simple API for pickleball data
Get live scores, match details and historical results without building your own data pipeline. Start with a simple REST request, then add WebSocket updates when your app needs scores as they change.
Suitable for trading and analytical workflows, but not an official settlement source. Data is provided on a best-effort basis; applications should handle delayed, stale or unavailable feeds.
Building with sports data should not mean collecting information from several sources, cleaning it by hand and guessing whether a score is still current. Pickleball Live API brings available match data from the PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball and the APP Tour into one consistent service. You can show matches in progress, display the current score, review how a match unfolded or study past results. We also tell your application when a feed is running late, so you can show a clear message instead of presenting uncertain data as fact.
Pickleball Live API is designed for small, practical products as well as more advanced data tools. You choose which parts of the data you need and how you want to use them.
Follow matches as they happen and keep your models or dashboards up to date. Every live response includes information about how fresh the feed is, helping you decide when to use, pause or recheck the data.
The service can support analysis and trading workflows, but it is not an official settlement source.
Add live match lists, scoreboards, game breakdowns and match timelines to a website or app. Your plan includes the right to display the data in your own product.
Explore past matches to test an idea, study scoring patterns, produce reports or improve a model. The amount of history available depends on your plan.
Connect pickleball results to an existing sports platform, database or reporting tool. Published API specifications make it easier to generate clients and keep integrations up to date.
A useful sports API needs to be quick, clear and predictable. These are the principles behind the service.
Start with ordinary REST requests for scores, match details and history. When your app needs updates as soon as they happen, Pro adds a WebSocket connection that sends changes automatically.
Fields keep the same meaning across the API, and responses follow a documented structure. This makes the data easier to understand, store and use in your own code.
Live sports feeds are not perfect. When a source is delayed or stops updating, the API says so. It does not quietly guess the missing score.
Pickleball uses different scoring systems. The service keeps track of side-out and rally scoring, serving turns, doubles rules and when a game or match has finished.
Copy an example request, add your API key and see a real response. The documentation explains each endpoint, common errors and what to do when a live connection is interrupted.
Ask a question when you get stuck and receive help from the people maintaining the service. Each plan has a clear support response target.
You do not need a sales call or a long setup process. Create an account, copy your key and make your first request.
Create an account and verify your email. You will receive one API key and a 14-day Pro trial. No card is required.
Choose Basic for scores and history through REST, or Pro if you also need live WebSocket updates. Enterprise is available for redistribution, larger limits or custom terms. There are no automatic overage charges.
Add your key to the example request and start receiving JSON data. Pro customers can then connect to the WebSocket feed for automatic live updates.
List matches in progress with one authenticated request. From there, retrieve canonical match state, follow the event timeline or open a WebSocket subscription for push updates.
# List live matches curl -s "https://pickleball-api.com/v1/matches?live=true" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer pbl_live_YOUR_KEY" | jq
{
"id": "0190…0060",
"lifecycle": "in_progress",
"side_0_label": "Team A",
"side_1_label": "Team B",
"data_status": "live",
"resource_version": 24
}Coverage at launch: PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball, APP Tour. History accrues from launch up to your plan's retention window.
A typical MLP event contains about 30 team ties. Basic is sized for an application that follows one such event using sensible 10–15 second polling. Pro adds WebSockets for automatic score updates and gives more room for busy event months.
You do not need to be a large sportsbook or a specialist data company to use Pickleball Live API. The low-cost plans are intended for independent developers, small businesses, researchers and traders who need dependable pickleball data without a large contract.
Basic is suitable for projects that can request the latest information when needed. Pro is for products that need updates to arrive automatically while matches are in progress. Both plans include documentation, dashboard access and the right to show scores in your own product.
At launch, the service focuses on the information most applications need: competitions, tournaments, players, matches, current score state, game breakdowns and match timelines. Coverage begins with the PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball and the APP Tour.
The service does not currently include betting odds, video, fantasy tools or ready-made mobile apps. Keeping the product focused allows the API to remain simple and affordable.
No. Create a verified account and use the Pro features for 14 days before choosing a paid plan.
You can build scoreboards, alerts, research tools, market dashboards, internal reports and other applications that display or analyse pickleball data. Raw-feed redistribution requires an Enterprise agreement.
REST lets your app ask for the latest information whenever it needs it. WebSockets keep a connection open and send live updates automatically. Basic includes REST; Pro includes both.
The API returns a clear quota error and stops additional usage. Basic and Pro do not create automatic overage charges.
No. The data may support analysis or trading tools, but it is not an official settlement source and may occasionally be delayed, incomplete or unavailable.
Launch coverage includes the PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball and the APP Tour. Historical coverage begins from the service launch date and grows over time.
Your trial includes REST and WebSocket access, so you can test the full service with a real project before paying. No card is required.
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