#INTRODUCTION

With sports-live NPM package, you can extract highly accurate live updates about various popular sports absolutely FREE. The current API version is bundled with two key functions as mentioned below:

i) getAllMatches(sport):

-> It takes the sport’s name as an argument and gives you the output containing all the latest matches with live scores for the desired sport.

ii) getLiveScores(sport,team1,team2):

-> It takes three argument where team1 and team2 signifies the names of the opponents playing the sport. It gives the output as the live score for the concerned match.

#SETUP: var api = require('sports-live');

#USAGE:

This can help you understand the various arguments and callbacks involved, as shown below,

1. api.getAllMatches(“tennis”,function(err,matches){ if (err) { console.log(err.message); } else { console.log(matches); } });

Output:

[ { team1: 'Golubic V.', team2: 'Siegemund L', score: '2-0', currentStatus: 'Match Finished' }, { team1: 'Youzhny M.', team2: 'Almagro N', score: '1-1', currentStatus: ‘3rd Set' }, { team1: ‘Murray A.’, team2: ‘Dimitrov G.’, score: '2-0', currentStatus: 'Match Finished' }, { team1: 'Karlovic I.', team2: 'Pospisil V', score: '0-2', currentStatus: 'Match Finished' }]

2. api.getLiveScores(“tennis”,”murray”,”dimitrov”,function(err,match) { if (err) { console.log(err.message); } else { console.log(match); } });

Output:

{ team1: ‘Murray A.’, team2: ‘Dimitrov G.’, score: '2-0', currentStatus: 'Match Finished' }

In case the match isn't going on, you’ll get a message saying: “No match available for mentioned sport or Team”

Have a look at the output of test.js for better understanding.

#IMPORTANT POINTS:

1. The available sports as of now are :

a) Cricket b) Soccer (European leagues) c) Baseball d) American Football e) Tennis f) Ice Hockey

2. To enter multi-word sport name or team name, it is recommended to have NO SPACES and UNDERSCORE for differentiation e.g:

Cricket Match between India & New Zealand, then type

api.getLiveScores(“cricket”,”india”,”new_zealand”,function(err,match) { if (err) { console.log(err.message); } else { console.log(match); } });

3. For cricket the O/P convention is bit different than other sport due to its scoring pattern, an example can help you understand. (output for above match)

Output: { "team1": "India 557/5 , 18 *", "team2": "New Zealand 299/10", "score": " ", "currentStatus": " " }