Changelog

Shipped a stand-alone MCP server (pip install parlay-api-mcp) with 10 tools wrapping the API. Repo: github.com/JacobiusMakes/parlay-api-mcp. Public manifest at /mcp/manifest.json with copy-paste config for Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, Devin.

Also added /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, /agents.json, /.well-known/ai-plugin.json for AI-agent discovery. Updated /sitemap.xml to auto-include blog and compare slugs. /robots.txt now explicitly allows GPTBot, ClaudeBot, anthropic-ai, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended.

New /v1/try/{sport_key}/odds returns live moneyline data with no API key. Capped at 60 reqs/hour per IP via Redis, restricted to MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, EPL, UFC. Landing page got a "Try it now" button that hits this endpoint inline.

New /historical-coverage public page rendering live coverage stats from /v1/historical/coverage (also public, no auth). Headline numbers: 1.156M rows, 263 sport_keys, 17 distinct sources, 99.6% score coverage, 267,173 games with 2+ sources, 137,200 with 5+ sources.

Added draftkings_espn as a second free historical source for US sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAAF, NCAAB, WNBA, MLS) via the ESPN public scoreboard + summary endpoints. Independent of our live Pinnacle snapshot, so backtesters can cross-reference.

Refreshed football-data.co.uk CSVs across all 37 leagues. Max game_date moved from 2026-04-03 to 2026-04-30 across soccer_* keys. New sources captured that weren't in the archive before: betmgm, pinnacle_close, bet365_close, betfair_exchange_close. Now refreshed weekly Tuesday 11:00 UTC.

New cron at 10:00 UTC daily promotes our live odds_snapshots (Pinnacle game-line moneylines across 200+ sport_keys) into historical_odds with both opening-line proxy (pinnacle_open) and closing-line proxy (pinnacle). Forward-going US-sport archive that grows automatically.

Every new signup now gets a same-second email with their actual API key embedded plus a 4-line curl quickstart. Solves the "dashboard might be flaky, did I get a real key?" pause many users had.

Hit Gmail's 500/day cap during a batch send. Switched primary outbound SMTP to Brevo (300/day free + auto-fallback to Gmail if Brevo fails). Tested via persistent SMTP+STARTTLS connection with 600ms pacing. No more truncated batch sends.

From 2026-04-17 onward, three of our key-creation paths stopped writing key_plaintext; the dashboard was rendering the first 8 chars of the bcrypt hash instead of the actual key. Any code using what users saw on the dashboard returned 401. Fix: write key_plaintext on create, render plaintext on read, bulk-rotate every affected user's key, send apology email with the new key + 2,000 bonus credits each. 8 of the 227 affected users started using their new keys within 4 hours of the email landing.

Affiliates earn 25% of every paid month from anyone they refer, recurring as long as that user stays paid. Eligible tiers: Starter, Pro, Business. Payouts processed monthly on the 1st via Stripe Connect.

Replaced the Swagger-only docs experience with a curated long-form quickstart at /docs, with full reference still at /docs/swagger and ReDoc at /redoc. Lots of code examples in cURL, Python, JavaScript.

New /live-stats page shows our actual live throughput, source health, and freshness in real time. No "trust us" required. Useful as a status surface while we build a proper status page.

Pro+ users can configure webhook endpoints that receive HMAC-SHA256-signed POSTs when arbs, +EV bets, or line moves cross thresholds you set. Stripe-style signing scheme.

Self-hosted Umami via /_analytics reverse proxy. No third-party scripts. Public dashboards stay private; we get acquisition / behavior data internally.

wss://parlay-api.com/ws/odds/{sport_key} and wss://parlay-api.com/ws/live/{sport_key} push initial snapshot followed by change-detected diff frames. Sub-second updates. Auth: ?apiKey= on the connect URL.

If your code already targets the-odds-api's /v4/* URL pattern, change the host. Our /v4/* endpoints alias to /v1/* with the same JSON shape.

/v1/prediction-markets/{sport_key} returns Kalshi event-contract and Polymarket prices in standard American/decimal odds format, normalized to the same schema as sportsbook prices. Cross-reference for prediction-market vs sportsbook arbitrage.

Public launch with 21 live sources covering moneyline / spread / total / player props / DFS / exchanges / prediction markets across 38+ sports. Updated every 30-60 seconds.

ParlayAPI v1.0. Free tier (1,000 req/mo), Starter $19, Pro $99, Business $499, Enterprise $2,499. REST + (later) WebSocket. Full pricing →