# Flashscore Topscorers Scraper (`romy/flashscore-topscorers-scraper`) Actor Get competition top-scorer lists, isolated from the bundled scores+odds products from Flashscore. Talks directly to FlashScore's own mobile app API, no login needed. Split from the mature, published flashscore-all-in-one-api for a focused, single-purpose workflow. - **URL**: https://apify.com/romy/flashscore-topscorers-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Romy](https://apify.com/romy) (community) - **Categories:** Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.90 / 1,000 topscorers result chargeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ### What does FlashScore Top Scorers Scraper do? **FlashScore Top Scorers Scraper** takes one or more FlashScore competitions (identified by `tournamentId` + `tournamentStageId`) and pushes each competition's top scorer list — rank, player, team, goals, assists — one dataset row per competition. It talks directly to the same internal API the official [FlashScore](https://www.flashscore.com/) Android app uses, reverse-engineered by capturing and analyzing live traffic from the real app with Frida on a real device, then cross-checked field-by-field against the app's own Top Scorers screen. No FlashScore account, no API key. This is the top-scorers slice of [FlashScore All-in-One API](https://apify.com/romy/flashscore-all-in-one-api), split out as its own focused, pay-per-result batch Actor. ### Why use FlashScore Top Scorers Scraper? - **Batch-friendly** — pass any number of competitions in one run, all fetched in parallel, one clean dataset row per competition - **No signature, token, or session needed** — confirmed live: a fixed `x-fsign` header is identical across every request; replaying a captured URL with plain `curl` and no device involved returns the same live data - **Clean, mapped fields** — player name, team, goals, assists — not raw upstream short codes - **No account needed** — every call works fully anonymously - **Use cases:** fantasy sports tools, league dashboards, sports news/stats aggregation ### How it connects to the parent This Actor wraps exactly one endpoint of [FlashScore All-in-One API](https://apify.com/romy/flashscore-all-in-one-api): `GET /competitions/{tournamentId}/{tournamentStageId}/topscorers`. Use the parent Actor's `GET /leagues?sport=SOCCER` endpoint (or any other sport) to look up the `tournamentId` and `tournamentStageId` for a competition — both are returned directly in each league entry, ready to feed straight into this Actor's input. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `competitions` | array of `{ tournamentId, tournamentStageId }` | **Required, non-empty.** Get both ids from [flashscore-all-in-one-api](https://apify.com/romy/flashscore-all-in-one-api)'s `GET /leagues` endpoint. | Example: ```json { "competitions": [{ "tournamentId": "SY30SsKF", "tournamentStageId": "CfoA8Dmm" }] } ``` ### Output One dataset row per competition. Real output from a live smoke test against the English Premier League (`SY30SsKF` / `CfoA8Dmm`), trimmed to one scorer: ```json { "tournamentId": "SY30SsKF", "tournamentStageId": "CfoA8Dmm", "topScorers": [ { "rank": 1, "playerId": "GYvAMDm2", "playerName": "Fernandes B.", "playerPhoto": "https://static.flashscore.com/res/image/data/MJDpRYyS-Sz1xlivk.png", "teamId": "ppjDR086", "teamName": "Man Utd", "teamShortCode": "MNU", "goals": 3, "assists": 1 } ] } ``` ### Known limitations - This Actor only exposes top scorers. Standings, fixtures, results, match detail, news, and search all live in the parent [FlashScore All-in-One API](https://apify.com/romy/flashscore-all-in-one-api) (or its own future spin-off Actors). - `tournamentId`/`tournamentStageId` must be resolved beforehand (via the parent's `/leagues` endpoint) — this Actor does not accept a competition name or URL directly. - This is an unofficial, reverse-engineered integration, not affiliated with or endorsed by FlashScore. Behavior may change if FlashScore changes its API. ### Pricing Pay-per-result via the `topscorers-result` event, billed per competition processed (one dataset row = one charge). FREE tier: $0.005 per event. See the Actor's Pricing tab for current rates across all tiers. # Actor input Schema ## `competitions` (type: `array`): Array of { tournamentId, tournamentStageId } pairs. Get both ids from flashscore-all-in-one-api's GET /leagues endpoint (each league entry's tournamentId, plus a stage's tournamentStageId). ## Actor input object example ```json { "competitions": [ { "tournamentId": "SY30SsKF", "tournamentStageId": "CfoA8Dmm" } ] } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "competitions": [ { "tournamentId": "SY30SsKF", "tournamentStageId": "CfoA8Dmm" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("romy/flashscore-topscorers-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "competitions": [{ "tournamentId": "SY30SsKF", "tournamentStageId": "CfoA8Dmm", }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("romy/flashscore-topscorers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "competitions": [ { "tournamentId": "SY30SsKF", "tournamentStageId": "CfoA8Dmm" } ] }' | apify call romy/flashscore-topscorers-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,romy/flashscore-topscorers-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/n0ZgjJ8Ehmk5IhGSp/builds/mMeLbS301mgcbmWlE/openapi.json