# Get popular picks before a search (v1)

Returns up to 25 popular entities of one kind to show before anything is typed, optionally for one `sport`. Nothing found returns `data: null`.

- Platform: Sofascore
- Request: `GET https://api.toolzerhub.com/v1/sofascore/search/suggestions`
- Auth: `x-api-key` header
- Cost: 1 credit per successful request. Failed requests are not billed.
- Page: https://docs.toolzerhub.com/reference/sofascore/search/get-sports-search-suggestions

| Parameter | In | Required | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `kind` | query | no | enum: default, teams, player-team-persons, events, unique-tournaments, managers, referees, venues | Entity kind; default mixes players, teams and tournaments. Default: default. |
| `sport` | query | no | string | Only this sport, such as football. |

## Example request

```bash
curl "https://api.toolzerhub.com/v1/sofascore/search/suggestions" \
  -H "x-api-key: $TOOLZERHUB_API_KEY"
```

Success responses are wrapped as `{ "data": ... }`. Errors return `{ "error": { "code", "status", "message", "retryable", "details" } }`. See https://docs.toolzerhub.com/docs/responses-and-errors.