https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/espn/athlete-overviewGet comprehensive athlete data including season/career stats, fantasy projections, recent news, awards, and expert analysis. Stats labels are sport-specific. Fantasy data may be absent for non-fantasy leagues.
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Get comprehensive athlete data including season/career stats, fantasy projections, recent news, awards, and expert analysis. Stats labels are sport-specific. Fantasy data may be absent for non-fantasy leagues.
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "espn/athlete-overview", "athlete_id": "1966", "league": "nba"}'
The result is returned in outputs[0].data.
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
athlete_id | string | Yes | Athlete ID obtained from search endpoint results[].id or get_team_roster endpoint athletes[].id |
league | string | Yes | League identifier. One of: nba, nfl, mlb, nhl, wnba, college-football, mens-college-basketball, womens-college-basketball, college-baseball, college-softball, eng.1, esp.1. |
Flat $0.03 per call. Failed calls are not charged.
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# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/espn/athlete-overview" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"league": "nba",
"athlete_id": "1966"
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
printf '%s\n' "$result"Set your SandBase API key in your server environment. Requests use Bearer authentication.
export SANDBASE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"Keep your key on the server. Do not expose it in browser code.
leaguestringrequiredLeague identifier.
Possible values: nba, nfl, mlb, nhl, wnba, college-football, mens-college-basketball, womens-college-basketball, college-baseball, college-softball, eng.1, esp.1, ger.1, ita.1, ita.2, fra.1, usa.1, uefa.champions, uefa.europa, ufc, f1, nascar, nll, mlc
athlete_idstringrequiredAthlete ID obtained from search endpoint results[*].id or get_team_roster endpoint athletes[*].id
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No saved response has been published. Run the API in Playground to inspect its response.
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|---|---|---|
ESPN Athlete OverviewThis API ESPN | $0.03 per call | JSON |
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Questions
Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/espn/athlete-overview with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.
$0.03 per call, billed from your SandBase balance. You are only charged for calls you make; there is no subscription.
Required: league (one of nba, nfl, mlb, nhl, wnba, college-football, mens-college-basketball, womens-college-basketball, college-baseball, college-softball, eng.1, esp.1, ger.1, ita.1, ita.2, fra.1, usa.1, uefa.champions, uefa.europa, ufc, f1, nascar, nll, mlc) and athlete_id (string). The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.
A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).
No. ESPN Athlete Overview runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for ESPN API access separately.