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Overview

This node interacts with the ESPN Public API to retrieve data related to college basketball athletes. Specifically, the 'Get Athletes' operation fetches a list of athletes from the men's college basketball category. It supports limiting the number of results and filtering by additional fields such as week number and groups. This node is useful for applications that need to display or process athlete information, such as sports analytics platforms, fantasy sports apps, or sports news aggregators.

Use Case Examples

  1. Retrieve a list of up to 50 college basketball athletes for the current week.
  2. Fetch athletes filtered by specific groups for detailed analysis or reporting.

Properties

Name Meaning
Limit Maximum number of athlete results to return.
Additional Fields Optional filters including 'Week' (week number for NFL/College Football) and 'Groups' (comma-separated filter groups).

Output

JSON

  • ``
    • athletes - Array of athlete objects returned from the ESPN API.

Dependencies

  • ESPN Public API

Troubleshooting

  • Common issues include network errors or invalid parameters leading to failed API requests. Ensure the 'limit' parameter is a positive number and 'additionalFields' are correctly formatted.
  • If the API returns an error, check if the ESPN API endpoint or resource path has changed or if the service is temporarily unavailable.
  • Errors during execution will be caught and, if 'Continue On Fail' is enabled, returned as error messages in the output array.

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