Action Network Sports Odds Line Movement Scraper

Action Network Sports Odds Line Movement Scraper extracts sportsbook odds snapshots from public Action Network scoreboard endpoints. Use it to monitor moneylines, spreads, totals, public betting splits, game metadata, and source URLs across MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, college football, and college basketball.

What does Action Network Sports Odds Line Movement Scraper do?

It turns Action Network scoreboard API responses into clean Apify dataset rows.

• 🏟️ Fetch leagues such as mlb, nba, nfl, nhl, ncaab, and ncaaf
• 📅 Query one or more dates
• 📈 Save one row per sportsbook odds snapshot
• 💸 Extract moneylines, spreads, spread prices, totals, over prices, and under prices
• 👥 Include public betting and money percentages when Action Network provides them
• 🔗 Include both the API URL and a user-facing Action Network game URL

Who is this Action Network odds scraper for?

Sports betting analysts use it to compare lines across books.

Affiliate and content teams use it to create odds tables and daily market summaries.

Quantitative bettors use it to collect repeatable historical snapshots for models.

Media researchers use it to track market movement around high-profile games.

Automation teams use it to feed dashboards, alerts, spreadsheets, and data warehouses.

Why use it?

Action Network exposes rich scoreboard data, but the raw JSON is nested by game and sportsbook. This actor normalizes the data into flat rows that are easy to export, join, filter, and analyze.

You can run it on a schedule, compare books, archive odds snapshots, or pipe the data into your own betting intelligence workflow.

What data can you extract?

Field group	Examples
League and event	league, sport, season, gameId, startTime, status
Teams	homeTeamName, homeTeamAbbr, awayTeamName, awayTeamAbbr
Sportsbook	bookId, bookName
Moneyline	moneylineHome, moneylineAway
Spread	spreadHome, spreadHomePrice, spreadAway, spreadAwayPrice
Total	total, overPrice, underPrice
Consensus	public bet percentages and money percentages when present
Traceability	apiUrl, sourceUrl, insertedAt, scrapedAt

How much does it cost to scrape Action Network sports odds?

The actor uses pay-per-event pricing.

• Start event: small one-time run fee
• Item event: charged per saved odds row
• Higher usage tiers receive discounted per-row pricing

Use maxItems to control spend during tests. A normal monitoring run can start with 100-250 rows and scale up after you verify the leagues and books you need.

Input options

Input	Description
leagues	Action Network league slugs to fetch
dates	Dates in YYYY-MM-DD or YYYYMMDD; leave empty for today
bookIds	Action Network sportsbook IDs
period	Market period, usually game
maxItems	Maximum odds rows saved
includeLive	Include live/in-progress games
includeCompleted	Include completed games

Example input

{
  "leagues": ["mlb", "nba", "nfl", "nhl"],
  "dates": ["2026-07-06", "2026-07-07"],
  "bookIds": ["15", "30", "76", "75", "123"],
  "period": "game",
  "maxItems": 250,
  "includeLive": true,
  "includeCompleted": true
}

Example output

{
  "league": "mlb",
  "sport": "baseball",
  "gameId": 291585,
  "startTime": "2026-07-06T22:45:00.000Z",
  "status": "complete",
  "bookName": "DraftKings",
  "homeTeamName": "Washington Nationals",
  "awayTeamName": "Houston Astros",
  "moneylineHome": -115,
  "moneylineAway": -105,
  "spreadHome": -1.5,
  "spreadHomePrice": 145,
  "total": 10,
  "overPrice": -101,
  "underPrice": -119,
  "apiUrl": "https://api.actionnetwork.com/web/v1/scoreboard/mlb?...",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.actionnetwork.com/mlb/game/...",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-07T02:33:10.608Z"
}

How to scrape Action Network odds

1. Choose one or more leagues.
2. Add dates or leave dates empty for today.
3. Keep the default sportsbook IDs or enter your own Action Network book IDs.
4. Set maxItems to a safe number for your first run.
5. Run the actor.
6. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or via the Apify API.

Tips for best results

• Use active sports seasons for the largest output volume.
• Include multiple leagues when you need at least 100 rows.
• Keep completed games enabled for historical date backfills.
• Use scheduled runs for daily line monitoring.
• Store apiUrl and insertedAt so you can audit exactly which Action Network snapshot produced each row.

Integrations

Send results to Google Sheets for editorial odds tables.

Send results to BigQuery, Snowflake, or Postgres for modeling.

Use webhooks to trigger Slack or Discord alerts when a scheduled run completes.

Use Make, Zapier, or n8n to combine odds rows with internal content calendars.

API usage with Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('automation-lab/action-network-sports-odds-line-movement-scraper').call({
  leagues: ['mlb', 'nba'],
  dates: ['2026-07-06'],
  maxItems: 100
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);

API usage with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('MY-APIFY-TOKEN')
run = client.actor('automation-lab/action-network-sports-odds-line-movement-scraper').call(run_input={
    'leagues': ['mlb', 'nba'],
    'dates': ['2026-07-06'],
    'maxItems': 100,
})
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])

API usage with cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/automation-lab~action-network-sports-odds-line-movement-scraper/runs?token=MY-APIFY-TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"leagues":["mlb","nba"],"dates":["2026-07-06"],"maxItems":100}'

MCP integration

Use this actor from Claude Code or Claude Desktop through Apify MCP.

MCP server URL:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=automation-lab/action-network-sports-odds-line-movement-scraper

Example prompts:

• "Run the Action Network sports odds scraper for MLB and NBA today and summarize the tightest spreads."
• "Fetch 250 Action Network odds rows and identify books with different totals for the same game."
• "Export Action Network line movement snapshots for yesterday into a CSV-ready dataset."

Scheduling workflows

Run every morning for pre-game odds.

Run hourly during busy slates.

Run after major injury news if your workflow needs fresh market data.

Keep maxItems high enough to cover all selected leagues and books.

Data quality notes

The actor saves exactly what the public Action Network scoreboard endpoint returns at run time. If Action Network omits public betting percentages for a market, the actor returns null for those percentage fields instead of guessing.

Book names are mapped for common sportsbook IDs. Unknown IDs are preserved as numeric bookId values and labeled as Book <id>.

Troubleshooting

If you get no rows, try an active league/date combination such as MLB during regular season.

If you expected a specific book, verify that its Action Network book ID is included in bookIds.

If public betting percentages are null, Action Network did not include them in the public response for that game/book/market.

Legality

This actor extracts publicly accessible Action Network data. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with Action Network terms, applicable law, sportsbook rules, and any regulations that apply to betting data in your jurisdiction.

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Changelog

0.1

Initial release with Action Network scoreboard odds extraction by league, date, sportsbook IDs, period, and max item cap.

FAQ

Can it scrape line movement history?

Version 0.1 captures the current public scoreboard odds snapshot and Action Network line timestamp fields. Schedule the actor to build your own line movement archive over time.

Does it require a sportsbook account?

No. It uses unauthenticated public Action Network scoreboard responses.

Can I choose sportsbooks?

Yes. Pass Action Network sportsbook IDs in bookIds.

Can I run it for multiple days?

Yes. Add multiple values to dates.

Can I export to CSV?

Yes. Apify datasets can be exported as CSV, JSON, Excel, XML, RSS, and HTML.

Is this a betting recommendation tool?

No. It provides structured odds data. It does not advise bets or guarantee price availability.