Cricbuzz API endpoint
Returns all labelled text and list blocks shown in the selected edition's Auction Guide. The guide's fields vary by competition and season; date, venue, auctioneer, purse/roster rules, FAQs and currency-rate blocks are preserved as source text.
/cricbuzz/auction/infoReturns the labelled text and list blocks from one edition's public Auction Guide. The source content varies by tournament and edition; blocks preserve the displayed date/time, venue, auctioneer, team slots, purse and base-price rules, FAQ, and currency rates without imposing a fixed schema. Tournament/year may be omitted together to default to ipl / 2026.
tournament (optional): ipl, wpl, sa20, hunm, hunw; default ipl when tournament/year are both omitted.year (optional): IPL 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026; WPL 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027; SA20 2027; HUNM 2026; HUNW 2026; default 2026 when tournament/year are both omitted.Each block can contain a label, a text paragraph, and/or a list of values. Keep ordering as returned. The response includes source URL, page/auction titles and fetch time.
| Field | Filled in, of 17 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| label | 15 | “When: 7 October 2026, Wednesday, 5:00 PM SAST (8:30 PM IST)…” and 14 other values |
| text | 14 | median 109 characters |
| values | 5 | median 4 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tournament | string | No | ipl when both tournament/year are omitted | Tournament identifier from cricbuzz/auction/seasons: ipl, wpl, sa20, hunm, hunw; defaults to ipl when both tournament/year are omitted | sa20 |
| year | string | No | 2026 when both tournament/year are omitted | Edition from cricbuzz/auction/seasons: IPL 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026; WPL 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027; SA20 2027; HUNM 2026; HUNW 2026; defaults to 2026 when both tournament/year are omitted | 2027 |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cricbuzz/auction/info" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"tournament": "sa20",
"year": "2027",
"season": "sa20-2027",
"page_title": "SA20 Auction 2027",
"auction_title": "SA20 Auction 2027",
"blocks": [
{
"label": "Date and Time",
"text": "September 9, 2026"
},
{
"label": "Venue",
"text": "Johannesburg"
},
{
"label": "Purse",
"text": "R42 million per team"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/cricbuzz.auctionInfoResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | cricbuzz.AuctionInfoResponse | No | ||||
| data.auction_title | string | No | ||||
| data.blocks | array | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].label | string | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].text | string | No | ||||
| data.blocks[].values | array | No | ||||
| data.fetched_at | string | No | ||||
| data.page_title | string | No | ||||
| data.season | string | No | ||||
| data.source_url | string | No | ||||
| data.tournament | string | No | ||||
| data.year | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cricbuzz/auction/info" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"