Search players, teams and coaches by name.
One row per hit; kind is player, team or coach. The sample holds players only (teams and coaches came
back empty), so the team and coach row shapes are unverified. person_id is the licence number for players
and coaches (a team hit carries its team entry id).
Endpoint: GET https://api2.acb.com/api/seasondata/Search/search
Value
A hoopR_data tibble, one row per record described above; the columns are always these, in this order
(sportsdataverse-py acb_search):
| col_name | type | description |
| kind | character | player, team or coach. |
| person_id | integer | ACB licence number (players, coaches) or the team entry id (teams). |
| name | character | Display name (nickname) of a player or coach; the team name of a team. |
| short_name | character | Short display name ('T. Martin'). |
| first_name | character | Legal first name(s) |
| last_name | character | Legal last name(s) |
| shirt_number | character | Shirt number, a string (” or null when unknown) |
| game_role | character | Position or staff role, in Spanish: Base (point guard), Escolta (shooting guard), Alero (small forward), Ala-pivot (power forward), Pivot (centre); Entrenador (head coach), Segundo Entrenador / Entrenador Ayudante (assistant coach). Null or ” in many rows |
| is_license_active | logical | The licence is active in the current season |
| club_id | integer | Stable club id of a team hit; null for players. |
| edition_id | integer | Season id of the record; null in search results. |
| season | integer | Season END year (2027 = 2026-27) = edition_id + 1936: the key the wrappers take. |
Details
Source, terms of use, request pacing, seasons, ids, coverage and error classes of this family: see the notes in acb_match_header().
acb_search(limit = 5, search_term = "tavares")See also
Other ACB Functions:
acb_box_info(),
acb_bracket(),
acb_bracket_games(),
acb_calendar(),
acb_career_stints(),
acb_career_trophies(),
acb_club_data(),
acb_competition_current(),
acb_competition_editions(),
acb_competition_rounds(),
acb_competition_weeks(),
acb_current_roster(),
acb_lead_stats(),
acb_lead_tracker(),
acb_league_zones(),
acb_lineup(),
acb_match_advanced_stats(),
acb_match_header(),
acb_match_leaders(),
acb_matchlist(),
acb_next_matches(),
acb_pbp(),
acb_period_scores(),
acb_player_advanced_stats(),
acb_player_box(),
acb_player_data(),
acb_player_matches(),
acb_player_stats(),
acb_player_totals(),
acb_quickfacts(),
acb_round_matches(),
acb_season_leaders(),
acb_serie(),
acb_shots(),
acb_standings(),
acb_standings_rounds(),
acb_team_box(),
acb_team_comparison(),
acb_team_leaders(),
acb_team_matches(),
acb_team_records(),
acb_team_stats(),
acb_team_totals(),
acb_teams()