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# Period

Represents the period's details.

## Properties

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="240">Property</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>id<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">integer</mark></em></td><td>The <a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-1">period</a> id.</td></tr><tr><td>label<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">string</mark></em></td><td>The string <a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-2">value</a> relating to the period.</td></tr><tr><td>start<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">timestamp</mark></em></td><td><a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-3">Timestamp</a> of when the period has started, in RFC 3339 format.</td></tr><tr><td>end<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">timestamp</mark></em></td><td><a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-3">Timestamp</a> of when the period has ended, in RFC 3339 format.</td></tr><tr><td>type<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">string</mark></em></td><td>The match <a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-4">type</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>awayTeamScore<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">integer</mark></em></td><td>The overall away team score.</td></tr><tr><td>homeTeamScore<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">integer</mark></em></td><td>The overall home team score.</td></tr><tr><td>awayTeamPeriodScore<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">integer</mark></em></td><td>The away team score in that period.</td></tr><tr><td>homeTeamPeriodScore<br><em><mark style="color:blue;">integer</mark></em></td><td>The home team score in that period.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Sample payload

```json
"periods": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "label": "1st quarter",
                    "type": "Regular",
                    "start": "2022-09-25T14:20:57",
                    "end": "2022-09-25T14:39:51",
                    "awayTeamScore": 15,
                    "homeTeamScore": 19,
                    "awayTeamPeriodScore": 15,
                    "homeTeamPeriodScore": 19
                }
            ]
```

[^1]: Examples for basketball\
    \ <mark style="color:orange;">1 - 1st quarter</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">2 - 2nd quarter</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">3 - 3rd quarter</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">4 - 4th quarter</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">5 - overtime</mark>\
    \
    Examples for football\
    \ <mark style="color:orange;">1 - 1st half</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">2 - 2nd half</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">3 - 1st half extra time</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">4 - 2nd half extra time</mark>\ <mark style="color:orange;">5 - penalty shootout</mark>

[^2]: Example <mark style="color:orange;">1st quarter</mark>

[^3]: Examples for January 25th, 2020

    6:25:34pm\
    \
    Pacific Standard Time:

    <mark style="color:orange;">UTC: 2020-01-26T02:25:34Z</mark>

    \
    Pacific Standard Time with UTC offset:

    <mark style="color:orange;">2020-01-25T18:25:34-08:00</mark>

[^4]: Example <mark style="color:orange;">Regular</mark>


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