midpricedog / odds-api-samples-python

Python code samples for The Odds API

The Odds API Code Samples (v4) - Python

The Odds API provides live odds for loads of sports from bookmakers around the world, in an easy to use JSON format.

Before getting started, be sure to get a free API key from https://the-odds-api.com

For more info on the API, see the docs

Get Started

python sample-v4.py --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

This will print:

• A list of in-season sports
• Events and odds for the next 8 upcoming games (across all sports)
• Requests used & remaining for your api key

To change the sport, region and market, see the parameters specified at the beginning of sample-v4.py

Make sure the requests library is installed pip install requests

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Using Docker (Mac and Linux)

Build the image

docker build -t theoddsapi/sample:latest .

Run the python script in the container

docker run -t -i --rm -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/app/ theoddsapi/sample:latest python sample-v4.py --api-key YOUR_API_KEY

Older API versions

These samples will work for older API versions by running the relevant sample-{version}.py file.