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Gain insights into using API-Football in Python to retrieve soccer data, including setting up an account, using endpoints, and integrating widgets into applications or websites.

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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

The **squads endpoint** returns the current squad of a team. The base URI for this endpoint is `https://v3.football.api-sports.io/players/squads`.

## Query parameters
The following parameters are used with the squads endpoint:

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>We must use at least one of these parameters with this endpoint. Calling this endpoint without any query parameters will return an error.
## Use cases
### Get squad of a team
Using the `team` parameter with the squads endpoint gives the squad of a team. Click the "Run" button to get the squad.

# Query parameters
The following parameters are used with the squads endpoint:

>We must use at least one of these parameters with this endpoint. Calling this endpoint without any query parameters will return an error.
# Use cases
## Get squad of a team
Using the `team` parameter with the squads endpoint gives the squad of a team. Click the "Run" button to get the squad.

Learn how to get the squad information for a team.

Parameters	Type	Category	Description
`team`	integer	optional	This is the ID of the fixture. We can get the ID of the fixture using the fixtures endpoint.
`player`	integer	optional	This is the ID of the team. We can get the ID of the team using the teams endpoint.

Introduction

Endpoints

Endpoints: Teams

Endpoints: Standings

Endpoints: Fixtures

Endpoints: Players

Widgets

Conclusion

Players: Squads

Query parameters