The odds api

Learn how to use The odds api with Composio

Overview

SLUG: THE_ODDS_API

Description

The Odds API provides real-time sports betting odds data from various bookmakers worldwide, covering multiple sports and betting markets.

Authentication Details

generic_api_key
stringRequired

Connecting to The odds api

Create an auth config

Use the dashboard to create an auth config for the The odds api toolkit. This allows you to connect multiple The odds api accounts to Composio for agents to use.

1

Select App

Navigate to [The odds api](https://platform.composio.dev/marketplace/The odds api).

2

Configure Auth Config Settings

Select among the supported auth schemes of and configure them here.

3

Create and Get auth config ID

Click “Create The odds api Auth Config”. After creation, copy the displayed ID starting with ac_. This is your auth config ID. This is not a sensitive ID — you can save it in environment variables or a database. This ID will be used to create connections to the toolkit for a given user.

Connect Your Account

Using API Key

1from composio import Composio
2
3# Replace these with your actual values
4the_odds_api_auth_config_id = "ac_YOUR_THE_ODDS_API_CONFIG_ID" # Auth config ID created above
5user_id = "0000-0000-0000" # UUID from database/app
6
7composio = Composio()
8
9def authenticate_toolkit(user_id: str, auth_config_id: str):
10 # Replace this with a method to retrieve an API key from the user.
11 # Or supply your own.
12 user_api_key = input("[!] Enter API key")
13
14 connection_request = composio.connected_accounts.initiate(
15 user_id=user_id,
16 auth_config_id=auth_config_id,
17 config={"auth_scheme": "API_KEY", "val": user_api_key}
18 )
19
20 # API Key authentication is immediate - no redirect needed
21 print(f"Successfully connected The odds api for user {user_id}")
22 print(f"Connection status: {connection_request.status}")
23
24 return connection_request.id
25
26
27connection_id = authenticate_toolkit(user_id, the_odds_api_auth_config_id)
28
29# You can verify the connection using:
30connected_account = composio.connected_accounts.get(connection_id)
31print(f"Connected account: {connected_account}")

Tools

Executing tools

To prototype you can execute some tools to see the responses and working on the [The odds api toolkit’s playground](https://app.composio.dev/app/The odds api)

Python
1from composio import Composio
2from openai import OpenAI
3import json
4
5openai = OpenAI()
6composio = Composio()
7
8# User ID must be a valid UUID format
9user_id = "0000-0000-0000" # Replace with actual user UUID from your database
10
11tools = composio.tools.get(user_id=user_id, toolkits=["THE_ODDS_API"])
12
13print("[!] Tools:")
14print(json.dumps(tools))
15
16def invoke_llm(task = "What can you do?"):
17 completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
18 model="gpt-4o",
19 messages=[
20 {
21 "role": "user",
22 "content": task, # Your task here!
23 },
24 ],
25 tools=tools,
26 )
27
28 # Handle Result from tool call
29 result = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(user_id=user_id, response=completion)
30 print(f"[!] Completion: {completion}")
31 print(f"[!] Tool call result: {result}")
32
33invoke_llm()

Tool List

Tool Name: Get Events

Description

Tool to fetch live and upcoming events for a specified sport. use when you need event listings including odds.

Action Parameters

bookmakers
array
dateFormat
stringDefaults to iso
markets
array
oddsFormat
stringDefaults to decimal
regions
array
sport
stringRequired

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Event Odds

Description

Tool to retrieve odds for a specific event. use after confirming sport key and event id to obtain bookmaker and market details.

Action Parameters

bookmakers
string
dateFormat
string
eventId
stringRequired
markets
string
oddsFormat
string
regions
string
sport
stringRequired

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Odds

Description

Tool to fetch live and upcoming event odds for a specified sport, including bookmakers, regions, and markets. use after retrieving sports via get sports; filter by region, market, or event ids.

Action Parameters

bookmakers
array
dateFormat
stringDefaults to iso
eventIds
array
markets
array
oddsFormat
stringDefaults to decimal
regions
arrayRequired
sport
stringRequired

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Participants

Description

Tool to fetch list of participants (teams or players) for a specified sport. use after confirming you have a valid sport key.

Action Parameters

sport
stringRequired

Action Response

data
arrayRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Scores

Description

Tool to return live and recently completed event scores for a sport. use after selecting a sport key to inspect current and recent game scores.

Action Parameters

dateFormat
stringDefaults to iso
daysFrom
integerDefaults to 1
sport
stringRequired

Action Response

data
arrayRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Sports

Description

Tool to retrieve a list of in-season sports. use when you need sports data; set 'all' to true to include out-of-season sports.

Action Parameters

all
boolean

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired