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Comment vocabulary

GET/v1/comments/vocabulary

Available on Live Plus only

A Live key reaches the other 42 endpoints and receives 403 upgrade_required here. Compare plans

Every event, place, verdict and trait the comments endpoint can return, with its wording.

Authenticate with your key in the X-API-Key header, or ?key= if your tool cannot set one — see Authentication. Works with sandbox keys inside the sandbox data window.

Parameters

None — the key alone identifies the request.

Request

curl "https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/comments/vocabulary" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $GAPI_KEY"
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/comments/vocabulary');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('GAPI_KEY')],
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($response['data']);
const res = await fetch('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/comments/vocabulary', {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.GAPI_KEY }
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`GreyhoundAPI ${res.status}`);
const { meta, data } = await res.json();
console.log(meta.data_as_of, data);
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';

export default function Example() {
  const [data, setData] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    fetch('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/comments/vocabulary', {
      headers: { 'X-API-Key': import.meta.env.VITE_GAPI_KEY }
    })
      .then((r) => r.json())
      .then((body) => setData(body.data));
  }, []);

  if (!data) return <p>Loading…</p>;
  return <pre>{JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)}</pre>;
}

Browser code exposes whatever key it ships with — use a sandbox key for prototypes and proxy live keys through your own server in production.

import os
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/comments/vocabulary",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["GAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
body = r.json()
print(body["meta"]["data_as_of"], body["data"])

Response

200 OKapplication/json
{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "req_8f2ac1",
        "data_as_of": "2026-07-08T13:05:12Z"
    },
    "data": {
        "in_running": {
            "regions": [
                "GB",
                "IE"
            ],
            "events": {
                "slow_start": "Slow from the traps",
                "crowded": "Short of room",
                "ran_on": "Kept on"
            },
            "places": {
                "bend_1": "at the first bend",
                "halfway": "at halfway",
                "run_in": "on the run home"
            }
        },
        "pre_race": {
            "regions": [
                "AU"
            ],
            "verdicts": {
                "contender": "A real chance, one to respect"
            },
            "traits": {
                "early_speed": "Quick early, likes to lead or race on the pace"
            }
        }
    }
}

Run it live

A real request from your browser straight to api.greyhoundapi.com with your own key — nothing is proxied or logged by this page.

GET/v1/comments/vocabulary

Held in this tab only, sent only to the API host. No key yet? Create a free sandbox key — it runs every endpoint against the sandbox data window.

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