Free Cricket API 🍔

Cricket API - Live Cricket Score JSON API 🏏

PHP, Node.js and deno Cricket API was not working due to the Cricbuzz Mobile site being Fully Redesigned - The full Site Structure was Changed it's a bit complex to get data - Please Consider using this Python Cricket API Version - Breaking Changes: JSON API Structure was changed update your app or website according to the changes in JSON data

unofficial API Data Fetched from Cricbuzz.com

This is an unofficial API and not Linked or Partnered with Any Brands/Company.

Recently we shutdown our Free API Server due to bulk API Calls Personally we Suggest you to Self Host this API on your server - instant Deploy on Vercel or create Docker Container - https://github.com/sanwebinfo/cricket-api?tab=readme-ov-file#free-deploy-

How it Works? 🤔

Scrape the data using BeautifulSoup and export a output via JSON using Flask micro web framework.

Everything is scraped live and shown to end users in realtime.

Example: API URL 🌐

# Copy the 5 digit code from cricbuzz Current Live Match URL 
http://127.0.0.1:5000/score?id=<Match ID>

Requirements and Features 📑

• Python 3
• install Required Modules via requirements.txt
• Virtual Environment for Running Flask server
• CORS Header
• Multiple timezone Support for get the Match Starting time
• Self-hosting support with gunicorn
• Nginx, Apache2 or Lightspeed for support Proxy
• HTTPS (For Secure SSL Connections)

Installation 🍯

• Download or Clone Repo to your Server/localhost

git clone https://github.com/sanwebinfo/cricket-api
cd cricket-api/api

## install python env
sudo apt install python3-venv

## Create Virtual Env
python3 -m venv venv

## Activate Virtual Env
source venv/bin/activate

## install Modules
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

## verify
python3 -m flask --version

## start the dev server 
flask --app index.py --debug run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5000

## Exit from Virtual Env
deactivate

• Test the API

## API Home page
http://127.0.0.1:5000/

## GET Match data
http://127.0.0.1:5000/score?id=<Match ID>

Example Response 🌐

{
    "title": "Australia vs Pakistan, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score",
    "update": "Day 1: 3rd Session",
    "livescore": "AUS 168/3 (60)",
    "runrate": "CRR: 2.8",
    "batterone": "Travis Head",
    "batsmanonerun": "5",
    "batsmanoneball": "(5)",
    "batsmanonesr": "100",
    "battertwo": "Marnus Labuschagne",
    "batsmantworun": "36",
    "batsmantwoball": "(98)",
    "batsmantwosr": "36.73",
    "bowlerone": "Shaheen Afridi",
    "bowleroneover": "19",
    "bowleronerun": "61",
    "bowleronewickers": "0",
    "bowleroneeconomy": "3.21",
    "bowlertwo": "Aamer Jamal",
    "bowlertwoover": "12",
    "bowlertworun": "37",
    "bowlertwowickers": "1",
    "bowlertwoeconomy": "3.08"
}

Code Examples ☕

• WordPress

function display_api_response() {
  $base_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/score?id=';
  $match_id = '123456';
  $url = $base_url.$match_id;
  $response = wp_remote_get($url);
  global $body;
  $body = json_decode( $response['body'], true );
}
add_action( 'init', 'display_api_response' );

Replace http://127.0.0.1:5000 with your API URL

• Fetch API (Javascript)

var match_id = '123456';

async function fetchscore() {
    try {
        const response = await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:5000/score?id=' + match_id);
        const data = await response.json();
        console.log(data);
    } catch (exception) {
        console.log('Connection issue');
    }
}
fetchscore();

Free Deploy 😍

• Deploy on Vercel

Development

• Update Submodule

git submodule update --remote --merge

Contributing 🙌

Your PR's are Welcome

Disclaimer 🗃

• This is not an Offical API from Cricbuzz - it's an Unofficial API
• This is for Education Purpose only - use at your own risk on Production Site

All Credits Goes to https://www.cricbuzz.com/

LICENSE 📕

MIT