pinnapi — Pinnacle odds API for Python

Real-time Pinnacle odds and drop alerts in Python: REST snapshots of live + prematch markets, and Server-Sent-Events streams that push every odds drop to your code in ~15–40 ms.

pip install pinnapi

Does Pinnacle still have a public API? No — Pinnacle closed its public API on July 23, 2025 (only bespoke commercial/academic access remains). pinnapi.com is an independent drop-in replacement: the same familiar response shape, served from its own real-time feed. No Pinnacle account needed — your API key is your login, and a free trial key takes seconds (no card).

Quickstart

from pinnapi import Client, SPORTS

api = Client("YOUR_KEY")  # free trial key at https://pinnapi.com/

# Live soccer markets (moneyline, spreads, totals, team totals — every period)
events = api.markets(sport_id=SPORTS["soccer"])

# Prematch instead of live
fixtures = api.prematch_fixtures(sport_id=SPORTS["tennis"])

# What just dropped? (queryable buffer, no open connection needed)
recent = api.drops(mode="live", min_drop_pct=5)

Real-time drop alerts (SSE)

Stream every market whose price falls past your threshold, the instant it happens — this is the feed for steam chasing, dropping-odds alerts, and arbitrage windows:

# Requires a plan with SSE (Drops / Edge / Scale)
for drop in api.stream_drops(mode="live", min_drop=5):
    print(f'{drop["home"]} v {drop["away"]} · {drop["market"]} '
          f'{drop["from"]} → {drop["to"]} (▼{drop["drop_pct"]}%)')

mode="prematch" streams pre-game drops (optional recheck=N holds an alert N seconds and re-verifies before sending). Reconnects automatically on network hiccups; auth/plan errors raise immediately.

Why Pinnacle's line?

Pinnacle is the market's reference price — the sharp line the rest of the market follows. When it breaks, soft books take seconds to correct; everything in between is your window. A polled aggregator hears about the move on its next cycle; this feed is push, not poll.

API surface

Sports (SPORTS dict): soccer=1, tennis=2, basketball=3, hockey=4, football=5, baseball=6, rugby=7, mma=8, boxing=9, other=10, esports=11, golf=12.

Errors: AuthError (bad key / plan lacks the surface), RateLimitError (with .retry_after seconds), PinnapiError (everything else, with .status and .payload).

Pricing & limits

Free trial: 100 REST requests/day, no card. Paid plans from $99/mo (SSE drop streams, 10–30 req/sec REST, raw WebSocket add-on). Full details: pinnapi.com · API docs · LLM-friendly reference.

Notes

• Real-time feed only (live + prematch) — no historical archive; buffer the stream yourself if you need history.
• One concurrent SSE connection per account per stream (live and prematch counted separately).
• pinnapi is an independent service, not affiliated with or endorsed by Pinnacle.

MIT licensed.