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​​This course is a hands-on guide for programmatically using API-Football to retrieve the required association football (soccer) data. Here, you’ll learn about the different resources that API-Football provides, including endpoints and widgets. 

You’ll review the basics, like setting up an account and getting the required API key. Then, you’ll learn about different endpoints and how to use each one. You’ll also learn about widgets and how to use them directly in any application or website.

Getting Soccer Data with API-Football in Python

We can use the **events endpoint** to get the events of a fixture. We can get the following events using this endpoint:
- Goals
- Cards	
- Substitutions		
- VAR
>VAR events are available from the 2020-2021 season.

The base URI of this endpoint is `https://v3.football.api-sports.io/fixtures/events`. This endpoint is updated every 15 seconds.
## Query parameters
We can use the following query parameters with the events endpoint:

We can use the **events endpoint** to get the events of a fixture. We can get the following events using this endpoint:
- Goals
- Cards	
- Substitutions		
- VAR
>VAR events are available from the 2020-2021 season.

The base URI of this endpoint is `https://v3.football.api-sports.io/fixtures/events`. This endpoint is updated every 15 seconds.
# Query parameters
We can use the following query parameters with the events endpoint:

Learn how to get critical events from a fixture.

Introduction

Endpoints

Endpoints: Teams

Endpoints: Standings

Endpoints: Fixtures

Endpoints: Players

Widgets

Conclusion

Fixtures: Events

Query parameters