openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: 5DollarFootballAPI — Football Data Standings API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: 'Football (soccer) data: live scores, fixtures, standings, corner and card statistics, and odds.'
  description: 'The 5DollarFootballAPI is a read-only REST API. Every response is JSON with a top-level "success" flag. All timestamps are UTC (ISO-8601). The base URL is https://api.5dollarfootballapi.com/v1.


    Authenticate every request with your API key in an Authorization header: `Authorization: Bearer fb_live_your_key`. You can also send it as `X-API-Key`. Get a key by creating a free account — no card required. Keys are shown once; store them securely and never embed them in public client-side code.


    Each plan has a per-minute rate window — short parallel bursts are fine as long as the minute total holds, and there are no daily caps or monthly pools. Every response includes `X-RateLimit-Limit`, `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the current window. When you exceed the limit you get HTTP 429 with a `Retry-After` header — back off and retry.


    List endpoints accept `page` (default 1) and `per_page` (default 50, max 100), and return a `pagination` object: `{ page, per_page, count, has_more }`. Keep requesting the next page while `has_more` is true. The underlying set can change between two page requests (a match kicks off or finishes); for the volatile live view, request `status=live` with a large `per_page` (up to 500) so a single page holds everything.


    Errors return `{ "success": 0, "error": { ... } }` with an HTTP status. The error object has a machine-readable `type` and `code`, a human `message`, an optional `param`, a `doc_url`, and a `request_id` to quote in support. We never return a silent `200` with empty data for a missing resource — you get a proper 404.'
  termsOfService: https://5dollarfootballapi.com/terms
  contact:
    name: 5DollarFootballAPI support
    url: https://5dollarfootballapi.com/contact
    email: contact@5dollarfootballapi.com
servers:
- url: https://api.5dollarfootballapi.com/v1
  description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- apiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: standings
  description: League tables — points, and the corner and card tables.
paths:
  /standings:
    get:
      operationId: standings
      summary: Standings
      description: League tables by season, plus corner and card tables via ?type. Corner tables include first-half splits; card tables split yellows and reds.
      tags:
      - standings
      parameters:
      - name: league
        in: query
        required: true
        description: League id.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: season
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Season, e.g. 2026. Defaults to current.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: type
        in: query
        required: false
        description: total (default) | corner | card.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: lang
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Localize team & league names (21 languages besides English, e.g. zh-cn, ja, es, de, pt). Missing translations fall back to English.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              description: Requests allowed in the current window.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              description: Requests left in the current window.
              schema:
                type: integer
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              description: Unix timestamp when the window resets.
              schema:
                type: integer
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessEnvelope'
              example:
                success: 1
                data:
                  league_id: 39
                  league_season_id: 141207
                  type: corner
                  round: 38
                  table:
                  - position: 1
                    team:
                      id: 2618
                      name: Arsenal
                    played: 38
                    total_for: 251
                    total_against: 148
                    average_for: 6.6
                    average_against: 3.9
                    points: 86
                    first_half:
                      total_for: 118
                      total_against: 71
                      average_for: 3.1
                      average_against: 1.9
                  - position: 2
                    team:
                      id: 2611
                      name: Chelsea
                    played: 38
                    total_for: 243
                    total_against: 155
                    average_for: 6.4
                    average_against: 4.1
                    points: 81
                    first_half:
                      total_for: 109
                      total_against: 76
                      average_for: 2.9
                      average_against: 2
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameter.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '403':
          description: The resource is outside your plan.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
              schema:
                type: integer
        '500':
          description: Unexpected server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
      externalDocs:
        description: Endpoint reference
        url: https://5dollarfootballapi.com/docs/standings
components:
  schemas:
    SuccessEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Every successful response. `data` is the endpoint payload — see the example on each operation. List endpoints add `pagination`.
      required:
      - success
      - data
      properties:
        success:
          type: integer
          const: 1
        data:
          description: 'Endpoint payload: an object, or an array of objects on list endpoints.'
          oneOf:
          - type: object
          - type: array
            items:
              type: object
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    Pagination:
      type: object
      description: Returned by list endpoints. Keep requesting pages while `has_more` is true.
      properties:
        page:
          type: integer
        per_page:
          type: integer
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Rows on this page.
        has_more:
          type: boolean
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Every error response. The status code and `error.code` identify the failure; `message` is for humans.
      required:
      - success
      - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: integer
          const: 0
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              description: Error family, e.g. authentication_error.
            code:
              type: string
              description: Machine-readable code, e.g. missing_api_key.
            message:
              type: string
            param:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
              description: The parameter at fault, when one applies.
            doc_url:
              type: string
            request_id:
              type: string
              description: Quote this in support requests.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Send your key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`.'
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Alternative to the Authorization header.
externalDocs:
  description: Full documentation
  url: https://5dollarfootballapi.com/docs