API - Personal Records

Retrieve a skater's personal records.

URL

Type URL
XML https://speedskatingresults.com/api/xml/personal_records.php
JSON https://speedskatingresults.com/api/json/personal_records.php

Parameters

Name Description
skater

Skater ID (required)

A skater's ID can be found using the search table below. The skater ID can also be found as the s parameter on the URL for a skater's page. For example:

https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=203
distance

Distance (optional)

When the distance parameter is omitted, the personal records for all distances are returned. Specify a value (500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 or 10000) for the distance parameter to retrieve the personal record for that distance only.

Skater IDs

XML

Element Description
prs

The collection of personal records

Attributes

  • skater - skater ID
recordA personal record
distanceRace distance
timeFinishing time
dateRace date (YYYY-MM-DD)
locationRace location

Example

API Query: https://speedskatingresults.com/api/xml/personal_records?skater=273

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<prs skater="273">
  <record>
    <distance>500</distance>
    <time>34,31</time>
    <date>2007-11-17</date>
    <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  </record>
  <record>
    <distance>1000</distance>
    <time>1.09,22</time>
    <date>2009-12-30</date>
    <location>Salt Lake City (USA)</location>
  </record>
  <record>
    <distance>1500</distance>
    <time>1.51,84</time>
    <date>2001-11-25</date>
    <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  </record>
  <record>
    <distance>3000</distance>
    <time>4.02,39</time>
    <date>2001-11-24</date>
    <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  </record>
  <record>
    <distance>5000</distance>
    <time>7.08,04</time>
    <date>2001-11-25</date>
    <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  </record>
  <record>
    <distance>10000</distance>
    <time>15.44,49</time>
    <date>2000-12-02</date>
    <location>Milwaukee (USA)</location>
  </record>
</prs>

JSON

Key Description
skater skater ID
records The collection of personal records
distanceRace distance
timeFinishing time
dateRace date (YYYY-MM-DD)
locationRace location

Example

API Query: https://speedskatingresults.com/api/json/personal_records?skater=273

{
  "skater":273,
  "records":[
    {"distance":500, "time":"34,30", "date":"2013-11-15", "location":"Salt Lake City (USA)"},
    {"distance":1000, "time":"1.09,22", "date":"2009-12-30", "location":"Salt Lake City (USA)"},
    {"distance":1500, "time":"1.51,84", "date":"2001-11-25", "location":"Calgary (CAN)"},
    {"distance":3000, "time":"4.02,39", "date":"2001-11-24", "location":"Calgary (CAN)"},
    {"distance":5000, "time":"7.08,04", "date":"2001-11-25", "location":"Calgary (CAN)"},
    {"distance":10000, "time":"15.44,49", "date":"2000-12-02", "location":"Milwaukee (USA)"}
  ]
}

Example Web Page

The sample web page provides a very basic example of how XML data may be retrieved from SpeedskatingResults.com. It makes use of the jQuery library to handle the the interaction with the API.

Personal Records Example Page (XML)

Personal Records Example Page (JSON)

HTML Code (XML)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    body {font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 5px;}
    table.records {margin: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; }
    table.records td {padding: .2em .5em; }
    table.records td.distance {width: 5em; font-weight: bold;}
    table.records td.time {width: 5em; text-align: right;}
    table.records td.date {}
    table.records td.location {width: 15em;}
    a {color: navy; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;}
    a:visited {font-weight: normal;}
    a:hover {color: crimson;}
  </style>
  <title>API Example - PR/SB</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: "https://speedskatingresults.com/api/xml/personal_records.php",
      data: "skater=273",
      dataType: "xml",
      success: function(xml) {
        $(xml).find('record').each(function() {
          var distance = $(this).find('distance').text()+"m";
          var time = $(this).find('time').text();
          var date = $(this).find('date').text();
          var location = $(this).find('location').text();
          $('<tr></tr>').html('<td class="distance">'+distance+'</td><td class="time">'+time+
            '</td><td class="date">'+date+'</td>'+
            <td class="location">'+location+'</td>').appendTo('#prs');
        });
      }
    });
  });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Tucker Fredricks (USA)</h1>
  <h2>Personal Records</h2>
  <table id="prs" class="records">
  </table>
  <p><a href="https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=18&s=273">Results</a> from
    <a href="https://speedskatingresults.com">SpeedskatingResults.com</a></p>
</body>
</html>

HTML Code (JSON)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    body {font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 5px;}
    table.records {margin: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; }
    table.records td {padding: .2em .5em; }
    table.records td.distance {width: 5em; font-weight: bold;}
    table.records td.time {width: 5em; text-align: right;}
    table.records td.date {}
    table.records td.location {width: 15em;}
    a {color: navy; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;}
    a:visited {font-weight: normal;}
    a:hover {color: crimson;}
  </style>
  <title>API Example - Personal Records</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: "https://speedskatingresults.com/api/json/personal_records.php",
      data: "skater=273",
      dataType: "json",
      success: function(data) {
        data.records.forEach(function(r) {
          $('<tr></tr>').html('<td class="distance">'+r.distance+'</td><td class="time">'+r.time+
            '</td><td class="date">'+r.date+
            '</td><td class="location">'+r.location+'</td>').appendTo('#prs');
        });
      }
    });
  });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Tucker Fredricks (USA)</h1>
  <h2>Personal Records</h2>
  <table id="prs" class="records">
  </table>
  <p><a href="https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=18&s=273">Results</a> from
    <a href="https://speedskatingresults.com">SpeedskatingResults.com</a></p>
</body>
</html>

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