openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Parlay Event Markets API
  description: Real-time sports odds aggregation from **33 books and data sources** updated every 2-120 seconds depending on source cadence.
  version: 3.2.0
  x-credit-currency: credits
  x-credit-cost-catalogue-url: /v1/meta/credit-costs
  x-pricing-url: /v1/pricing
  x-usage-url: /v1/usage
  contact:
    name: ParlayAPI support
    url: https://parlay-api.com/support
    email: support@parlay-api.com
  license:
    name: ParlayAPI Terms of Service
    url: https://parlay-api.com/terms
  termsOfService: https://parlay-api.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://parlay-api.com
  description: Production (primary; HTTP/2, TLS 1.3).
- url: https://api.parlay-api.com
  description: Production (high-volume; bypasses Cloudflare edge for trading bots above 30 req/min). Same origin, same auth, same endpoints.
tags:
- name: event_markets
paths:
  /v1/event-markets/examples:
    get:
      tags:
      - event_markets
      summary: Event Market Examples
      description: Return copy-paste example searches for event-market discovery.
      operationId: event_market_examples_v1_event_markets_examples_get
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
  /v1/prediction-markets/search:
    get:
      tags:
      - event_markets
      summary: Search Event Markets
      description: 'Search non-standard event markets across public/free source surfaces.


        This is a beta discovery endpoint. It does not assert arbitrage-ready

        equivalence across venues, it returns candidate matches with source-native

        prices so customers can inspect the exact live markets.'
      operationId: search_event_markets_v1_prediction_markets_search_get
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 120
          description: Free-text market search
          title: Q
        description: Free-text market search
      - name: sources
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Comma-separated sources
          default: kalshi,polymarket,novig
          title: Sources
        description: Comma-separated sources
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 50
          minimum: 1
          default: 25
          title: Limit
      - name: min_volume
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          description: Drop markets below this source-native volume
          default: 0
          title: Min Volume
        description: Drop markets below this source-native volume
      - name: min_confidence
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
          maximum: 1
          minimum: 0
          description: Drop weak text matches
          default: 0
          title: Min Confidence
        description: Drop weak text matches
      - name: sort
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          description: balanced or match
          default: balanced
          title: Sort
        description: balanced or match
      - name: include_raw
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Include Raw
      - name: include_closed
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Include Closed
      - name: include_unpriced
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Include Unpriced
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /v1/event-markets/search:
    get:
      tags:
      - event_markets
      summary: Search Event Markets
      description: 'Search non-standard event markets across public/free source surfaces.


        This is a beta discovery endpoint. It does not assert arbitrage-ready

        equivalence across venues, it returns candidate matches with source-native

        prices so customers can inspect the exact live markets.'
      operationId: search_event_markets_v1_event_markets_search_get
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 120
          description: Free-text market search
          title: Q
        description: Free-text market search
      - name: sources
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Comma-separated sources
          default: kalshi,polymarket,novig
          title: Sources
        description: Comma-separated sources
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          maximum: 50
          minimum: 1
          default: 25
          title: Limit
      - name: min_volume
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          description: Drop markets below this source-native volume
          default: 0
          title: Min Volume
        description: Drop markets below this source-native volume
      - name: min_confidence
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
          maximum: 1
          minimum: 0
          description: Drop weak text matches
          default: 0
          title: Min Confidence
        description: Drop weak text matches
      - name: sort
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          description: balanced or match
          default: balanced
          title: Sort
        description: balanced or match
      - name: include_raw
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Include Raw
      - name: include_closed
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Include Closed
      - name: include_unpriced
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          title: Include Unpriced
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: API key passed in the X-API-Key header. Recommended.
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: API key passed as the ?apiKey= query parameter. Useful for browser fetch() and webhooks where header control is limited. Equivalent to X-API-Key.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: APIKey
      description: 'API key passed via Authorization: Bearer <key>. Equivalent to X-API-Key for compatibility with auth libraries that expect bearer tokens.'