Getting All Sports and Their Associated Teams

[1993alexey]

I went through the API docs, but didn't find anything that would allow me to pull a list of all sport names and their associated teams.

Is there a way to get a similar list to this: Sports MLB NFL NBA NHL MLS NCAA FB NCAA BB etc.

Teams for MLB Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves Baltmore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox etc.

[byrnehollander]

👋 Hey Alex,

Something like this might work:

https://api.seatgeek.com/2/performers?taxonomies.name=mlb&per_page=100&client_id={{CLIENT_ID}}

Full List of Taxonomies

taxonomy name	taxonomy ID
sports	1000000
baseball	1010000
mlb	1010100
ncaa_baseball	1010200
minor_league_baseball	1010300
football	1020000
nfl	1020100
ncaa_football	1020200
basketball	1030000
nba	1030100
ncaa_basketball	1030200
ncaa_womens_basketball	1030300
wnba	1030400
nba_dleague	1030500
hockey	1040000
nhl	1040100
ncaa_hockey	1040200
minor_league_hockey	1040300
soccer	1050000
mls	1050100
ncaa_soccer	1050200
european_soccer	1050300
international_soccer	1050400
world_cup	1050401
us_minor_league_soccer	1050500
auto_racing	1060000
nascar	1060100
nascar_sprintcup	1060101
nascar_nationwide	1060102
indycar	1060200
f1	1060300
monster_truck	1060400
motocross	1060500
golf	1070000
pga	1070100
lpga	1070200
fighting	1080000
boxing	1080100
mma	1080200
wrestling	1080300
wwe	1080301
tennis	1090000
animal_sports	1100000
horse_racing	1100100
rodeo	1100200
extreme_sports	1110000
olympic_sports	1120000
band	2000000
band	2000001
music_festival	2010000
theater	3000000
theater_classical	3010000
theater_classical_opera	3010100
theater_classical_vocal	3010200
theater_classical_orchestral_instrumental	3010300
cirque_du_soleil	3020000
theater_broadway_national_tours	3030000
theater_comedy	3040000
theater_family	3050000
theater_dance_performance_tour	3060000
film	3070000
literary	3080000
circus	3090000

[1993alexey]

@byrnehollander, thanks, that works for obtaining a list of sports. Do you know how I would pull a list of teams associated with a sport?

For example, I need to obtain a list of teams for MLB. It seems like at this point there is nothing on SeatGeek that provides that functionality.

[sddamico]

Hey @1993alexey, the /performers API that Byrne suggested at the top of the post does exactly what you're asking. Just drop your client id in there and give it a spin.

[byrnehollander]

@1993alexey You can use this https://api.seatgeek.com/2/performers?taxonomies.name=mlb&per_page=100&client_id={{CLIENT_ID}} to get a list of MLB teams – the catch is that there are some "performers" returned in the performers array that aren't real performers (like World Series).

So, you'd have to iterate through the array of performer objects... and for MLB at least, it's a team when divisions is not null

[1993alexey]

@sddamico, you're right, my bad. That is exactly what I was looking for. Since API docs don't have a definition of performers, I thought it was related to concerts or circus.

Do you know where I could obtain team icons? For example, I want to get an icon for MLB Minnesota Twins team, but the performers API doesn't contain it.

Thanks again for your help, I appreciate your time.

[sddamico]

SeatGeek does not have the rights to use team iconography and logos, you'll have to find those elsewhere, sorry.