NCAA API

Free API to return consumable data from ncaa.com.

Works with scores, stats, rankings, standings, schedules, brackets, history, logos, news, and game details (box score, play by play, scoring summary, team stats).

Try it out here: https://ncaa-api.henrygd.me/openapi

Usage

Make a GET request using the same path as the URL on ncaa.com. You'll get a JSON response with the data.

You can test using the demo API. Host your own if you need it to be reliable long term.

Note: The public API is limited to 5 requests per second per IP.

Parameters

The following URL parameters are supported:

Routes

All routes can be tested here: https://ncaa-api.henrygd.me/openapi

Scoreboard

Fetches live scores for a given sport, division, and date.

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/football/fbs/2023/13/all-conf

GET /scoreboard/football/fbs/2023/13/all-conf

Stats

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/28

GET /stats/football/fbs/current/team/28

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/individual/750

GET /stats/football/fbs/current/individual/750

Rankings

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fbs/associated-press

GET /rankings/football/fbs/associated-press

Standings

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/standings/basketball-women/d1

GET /standings/basketball-women/d1

Game

Provides details of a single game.

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/game/6305900

• GET /game/6305900 returns general information
• GET /game/6305900/boxscore returns box score
• GET /game/6305900/play-by-play returns play by play
• GET /game/6305900/scoring-summary returns scoring summary if available
• GET /game/6305900/team-stats returns team stats if available

History

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/history/bowling/nc

GET /history/bowling/nc

Schedule

Returns game dates for a given sport, division, and date range.

This is the only route that doesn't exactly match a website URL. The website doesn't have schedule pages, but the sport and division are consistent with other URLs.

It also requires different dates for different sports. Football uses YYYY, while basketball, hockey, and others use YYYY/MM.

GET /schedule/basketball-men/d1/2023/02

Brackets

Tournament bracket for a given sport, division, and year, including live scores.

Like the official website, this endpoint does not include FBS football brackets prior to 2025.

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/basketball-men/d1/2026

GET /brackets/basketball-men/d1/2026

News

News articles and videos for a given sport and division. Returns parsed RSS feed data in JSON format.

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/d1/rss.xml

GET /news/basketball-men/d1

Schools Index

Returns a list of all schools.

Website: https://www.ncaa.com/schools-index

GET /schools-index

Logos

Logos for all NCAA schools. Use the school slug or team_seo property.

• GET /logo/michigan.svg
• GET /logo/michigan.svg?dark=true returns a version of the logo that works better on dark backgrounds.

Deployment

Use the included docker-compose.yml or run directly with Docker:

docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 henrygd/ncaa-api

The app should be available at http://localhost:3000.

Limiting Access

If you host your own instance, you may specify a custom header value to be present in all requests as a way to restrict access to the API.

To do this, set the NCAA_HEADER_KEY environment variable to the desired value and include the header x-ncaa-key in your requests. See the docker-compose.yml for an example.

Development

This is an ElysiaJS application. To start the development server run:

bun run dev

To run tests:

bun test

Contributions welcome.