API-Football integration
API-Football data, in your warehouse.
A built-in ingestr connector: add credentials, pick tables, schedule it.
name: raw.teams
type: ingestr
parameters:
source_connection: api_football
source_table: 'teams'
destination: snowflake
incremental_strategy: merge$ bruin run assets/raw/api_football.asset.yml
- extract · API-Football teamsincremental
- load · snowflake raw.teamsmerged
- checks · not_null, unique
Loaded and checked. Downstream models can run.
How it connects
Connected in three steps.
API-Football provides soccer data from API-SPORTS, including World Cup teams, fixtures, standings, players, venues, and match events. The default configuration targets World Cup 2026 with league=1 and season=2026.
- 01
Add a API-Football connection with its credentials.
- 02
Pick the tables to load and how: replace, append or merge.
- 03
Bruin runs it on your schedule and checks every load.
Connection parameters
- apikey
- API-Football API key. Required.
- league
- API-Football league ID. Defaults to 1 for FIFA World Cup.
- season
- Season year. Defaults to 2026.
- timezone
- Optional timezone passed to fixture requests.
- baseurl
- Overrides the API base URL. Defaults to https://v3.football.api-sports.io.
Tables
6 tables, ready to load.
teamsstadiumsgroupstandingsmatchesplayersmatchevents
The platform
Part of the Bruin platform.
Data in, ready for everything downstream: the models, the checks, the lineage and the AI layer.
01 · Move
02 · Model & govern
03 · Use
Frequently asked
Questions about API-Football.
Does Bruin have a built-in API-Football integration?
Yes. Built-in ingestr source.
Which API-Football tables can Bruin load?
teams, stadiums, groupstandings, matches, players, matchevents.
Where can API-Football data go?
Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, ClickHouse, Postgres, DuckDB, MotherDuck, Microsoft Fabric and more, plus files on S3 and GCS.
How fresh is the data?
As fresh as your schedule. Incremental loads append, merge or replace a time window, every few minutes if you like.
Do we need Bruin Cloud?
No. The Bruin CLI and ingestr run locally, in CI or in your own orchestrator. Bruin Cloud adds scheduling, lineage, alerts and the AI data analyst on top.
Ready to connect API-Football?
$100 in credits and 50 AI tasks. No credit card.
A demo walks through your own data.