API and MCP

Pro members can query the club buyers database from code or from AI tools like Claude and Cursor. Create a key on your account page. Updated 15 Oct 2026.

Auth and limits

Send your key as Authorization: Bearer fbd_…. Limits: 60 requests a minute and 2,000 a day per account. Over the limit you get HTTP 429.

REST

Search buyers. Filters match the buyers page: q, type, hq (region), target (region they buy in), intent=1, active=1, sort (recent, clubs, name), limit (max 100), offset.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FBD_KEY" \
  "https://deals.footballbusinessdesk.com/api/v1/buyers?target=Europe&intent=1&limit=5"

One buyer with decision-makers (name, title, LinkedIn, work email and its check status when we have one):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FBD_KEY" \
  "https://deals.footballbusinessdesk.com/api/v1/buyers/michele-kang"

Recent deals: GET /api/v1/deals?limit=10&country=France

MCP

Remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP at https://deals.footballbusinessdesk.com/mcp. Tools: search_buyers, get_buyer, list_recent_deals.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http fbd https://deals.footballbusinessdesk.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FBD_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other clients (JSON config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fbd": {
      "url": "https://deals.footballbusinessdesk.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer fbd_..." }
    }
  }
}

Test it with curl:

curl -X POST https://deals.footballbusinessdesk.com/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FBD_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
       "params":{"name":"search_buyers","arguments":{"intent":true,"limit":3}}}'

Data rules

Every fact has a source URL. We store work emails only, never mobile numbers. Use the data for business contact and follow the email laws where you are.