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Posted: 23 Aug 2021 21:09
Naino

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Joined: 2021

Hi,

The endpoint searchteams is really weird when searching for a team.
For example, https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/1/searchteams.php?t=lakers should return the Los Angeles Lakers.
Why such a basic functionality is implemented that way? It should be a LIKE search, not a perfect match.
There is no way users would find their teams. By the way, the search on the website is a LIKE search.

Thanks.

Posted: 26 Aug 2021 21:52

zag


Posts: 3,551
Joined: 2020

Hi,

The endpoint searchteams is really weird when searching for a team.
For example, https://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/1/searchteams.php?t=lakers should return the Los Angeles Lakers.
Why such a basic functionality is implemented that way? It should be a LIKE search, not a perfect match.
There is no way users would find their teams. By the way, the search on the website is a LIKE search.

Thanks.

Basic reason is performance...

Doing a like search is significantly slower. We handle 10s of millions of hits so I had to compromise. I'm well aware of other solutions but they will need to wait for V2 of the API.

Posted: 30 Aug 2021 19:42
Ashik-Rahman

Posts: 1
Joined: 2021

argentina

Posted: 02 Sep 2021 14:33
Naino

Posts: 4
Joined: 2021


Basic reason is performance...

Doing a like search is significantly slower. We handle 10s of millions of hits so I had to compromise. I'm well aware of other solutions but they will need to wait for V2 of the API.

Alright, I guess you thought about Full Text Search. What's the database engine behind thesportsdb?
Do you have any ETA for this implementation? For me, it makes the whole API useless if I can't provide a real team search for the user. Any way I can help?


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