This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2843 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Airtable → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "6sBxOuYYcJjIBmVJ",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Automating Betting Data Retrieval with TheOddsAPI and Airtable",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "3f7d9313-2a46-4869-a1f5-33976352961c",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-520,
-300
],
"parameters": {
"width": 300,
"height": 440,
"content": "The following triggers start the workflow at the Start of the day and the End of the day. Times can be adjusted to user's preference. "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "a535c540-c186-466f-97e2-4d96d02c1f1d",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-100,
-660
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 460,
"height": 660,
"content": "Once activated, HTTP Requests pulls the upcoming data for the sport of the user's choosing. The following is set for Ice Hockey. More documentation can be found within the link below: \n\nhttps://the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4/#get-events\n\nIf you would like to add more data such as the sport books or odds, you can find documentation within the documentation below: \n\nhttps://the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4/#get-odds\n\nOnce the data is pulled, the records are created within the Airtable.\n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
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"id": "29335df8-6aab-475c-8d8b-38b27eb66bb9",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
440,
-280
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 800,
"height": 540,
"content": "At the end of the day, the Schedule Trigger will activate a HTTP request for the scores of the events. This is set for Ice Hockey but can be adjusted for the user's preference. \n\nAfter the data is pulled, it will merge the data with upcoming events to combine the results matching the id. \n\nThe Airtable is then updated with the result records. This can be adjusted to pull in sports odds or the different sports book data. "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "01134aa4-cc3c-42ed-bc96-f737f1434ed6",
"name": "Morning Trigger To Pull Data At 7:00am",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
-420,
-200
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"triggerAtHour": 7
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "c0b4c27f-bb17-4d85-a042-aa2db5060a6f",
"name": "Evening Trigger To Pull Data At 11:00pm",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
-420,
-20
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"triggerAtHour": 23
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "0a38de6c-4f2e-46ba-8c10-8f12b0a4abe2",
"name": "Retrieve Data Of Upcoming Sport Events For The Day",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
20,
-200
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/icehockey_nhl/events?apiKey=60019f5ac82b8d5d508b2dc8393384c1",
"options": {},
"sendHeaders": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "28393bd9-17ed-48b1-ba6f-f62b51ce137c",
"name": "Create Records Of Upcoming Events For The Day",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
180,
-380
],
"parameters": {
"base": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "appIXd8a8JeB9bPaL",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://airtable.com/appIXd8a8JeB9bPaL",
"cachedResultName": "Untitled Base"
},
"table": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "tbldpnP52opBEtKEy",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://airtable.com/appIXd8a8JeB9bPaL/tbldpnP52opBEtKEy",
"cachedResultName": "Table 1"
},
"columns": {
"value": {
"id": "={{ $json.id }}",
"away_team": "={{ $json.away_team }}",
"home_team": "={{ $json.home_team }}",
"sports_key": "={{ $json.sport_key }}",
"sport_title": "={{ $json.sport_title }}",
"commence_time": "={{ $json.commence_time }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "id",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "id",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "sports_key",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "sports_key",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "sport_title",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "sport_title",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "commence_time",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "commence_time",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "home_team",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "home_team",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "away_team",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "away_team",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "completed",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "completed",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "scores",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "scores",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "last_update",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "last_update",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {},
"operation": "create"
},
"credentials": {
"airtableTokenApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
},
{
"id": "086e599b-fc74-4ed5-a36f-fb80e385e625",
"name": "Retrieve Sport Results Data At The End Of The Day",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"position": [
500,
20
],
"parameters": {
"url": "https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/icehockey_nhl/scores?daysFrom=1&apiKey=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
"options": {},
"sendHeaders": true,
"authentication": "genericCredentialType",
"genericAuthType": "httpHeaderAuth",
"headerParameters": {
"parameters": [
{}
]
}
},
"credentials": {
"httpHeaderAuth": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.2
},
{
"id": "1b5ec6f2-d913-4005-89f0-d566e896c344",
"name": "Combine Sport Results With Upcoming Events Records By Matching ID",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.merge",
"position": [
740,
-120
],
"parameters": {
"mode": "combine",
"options": {},
"fieldsToMatchString": "id"
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "f1765871-6f9e-416b-8ee8-696bc4dbf6bb",
"name": "Update Table Records With Scores And Results For Sport Events",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.airtable",
"position": [
1020,
-60
],
"parameters": {
"base": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "appIXd8a8JeB9bPaL",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://airtable.com/appIXd8a8JeB9bPaL",
"cachedResultName": "Untitled Base"
},
"table": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "tbldpnP52opBEtKEy",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://airtable.com/appIXd8a8JeB9bPaL/tbldpnP52opBEtKEy",
"cachedResultName": "Table 1"
},
"columns": {
"value": {
"id": "={{ $json.id }}",
"scores": "={{ $json.scores }}",
"completed": "={{ $json.completed }}",
"last_update": "={{ $json.last_update }}"
},
"schema": [
{
"id": "id",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": true,
"required": false,
"displayName": "id",
"defaultMatch": true
},
{
"id": "id",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "id",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "sports_key",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "sports_key",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "sport_title",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "sport_title",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "commence_time",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "commence_time",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "home_team",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "home_team",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "away_team",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": true,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "away_team",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "completed",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "completed",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "scores",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "scores",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
},
{
"id": "last_update",
"type": "string",
"display": true,
"removed": false,
"readOnly": false,
"required": false,
"displayName": "last_update",
"defaultMatch": false,
"canBeUsedToMatch": true
}
],
"mappingMode": "defineBelow",
"matchingColumns": [
"id"
],
"attemptToConvertTypes": false,
"convertFieldsToString": false
},
"options": {},
"operation": "update"
},
"credentials": {
"airtableTokenApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 2.1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "bf20603b-eb12-4156-94fe-fb18ecf6a454",
"connections": {
"Morning Trigger To Pull Data At 7:00am": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Retrieve Data Of Upcoming Sport Events For The Day",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Evening Trigger To Pull Data At 11:00pm": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Retrieve Sport Results Data At The End Of The Day",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Retrieve Sport Results Data At The End Of The Day": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Combine Sport Results With Upcoming Events Records By Matching ID",
"type": "main",
"index": 1
}
]
]
},
"Retrieve Data Of Upcoming Sport Events For The Day": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Combine Sport Results With Upcoming Events Records By Matching ID",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Create Records Of Upcoming Events For The Day",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Combine Sport Results With Upcoming Events Records By Matching ID": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Update Table Records With Scores And Results For Sport Events",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
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About this workflow
This workflow enables you to create and update a table using TheOddsAPI for sports betting data. It automatically pulls upcoming Ice Hockey games at the start of the day and updates the table with results at the end of the day. You can modify it to retrieve odds and game data…
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