# Introduction The streaming api provides the client the ability to send or receive events/data in a real-time fashion. Whether this is statisticial data, clock ticks or ball tracking information this api is designed to support different types of data. The api is designed around the concept of a message broker and topics. The client would initially connect to the message broker and then either subscribe to one or more topics to receive information or send information to a topic (or both). Many clients may be reading from or writing to the same topic simultaneously. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.sportradar.com/datacore/sports-apis/3ice/datacore-streaming-api/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.