Odds API · 7 September 2026

Getting Started with the SockOdds API

Whether you're building a sportsbook comparison, a fantasy tool, a betting model or an analytics dashboard, here is the shortest path from a free key to Australian odds in your code.

Whether you're building a bookmaker comparison, a fantasy tool, a betting model or an analytics dashboard, the SockOdds API gives you the odds and data you need from every Australian bookmaker. Here is the shortest path from nothing to real prices in your code.

1. Get a key

Enter an email on the signup page. A free Lite key is minted immediately: 10 requests a minute on AFL and NRL from 3 bookmakers, no card, no expiry.

2. Make a request

curl "https://api.sockodds.com/v2/events/?leagueID=AFL&oddsAvailable=true&limit=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

You get back an event with every market the books price, each with every bookmaker's price nested under byBookmaker.

3. Read one price

e = data[0]
o = e["odds"]["points-home-game-ml-home"]        # a market on the event
o["bookOdds"]                                   # consensus American price, e.g. "-108"
o["byBookmaker"]["sportsbet"]["decimal"]        # 1.93 — one book's price
e["links"]["bookmakers"]["sportsbet"]           # deeplink to the event on the book

4. Learn the grammar once

Every market key is {statID}-{statEntityID}-{periodID}-{betTypeID}-{sideID}. Read the oddID reference once and you can read every market in every sport.

5. Build something

Live odds tracker — detect line movement
Arbitrage calculator
Odds comparison dashboard
Player props analyzer
Multi calculator