JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh · warning

unable to get data for team

Error message

unable to get data for team %s

What it means

The NBA segment fetches available game data for a team from the NHL/NBA stats API. If the HTTP request fails, 'unable to get data for team <team>' is logged (joined with the underlying error) and the raw error is returned, disabling the segment.

Solutions

1. Verify network access to the stats API endpoint and any proxy settings
2. Check the team name/abbreviation in the segment config is valid
3. Increase the segment's HTTP timeout option if the API is slow
4. Hide the segment when offline or accept it disappearing; consider a template/enable fallback

Example fix

// before
"nba": { "team": "LAL", "http_timeout": 500 }
// after: give the API more time
"nba": { "team": "Lakers", "http_timeout": 2000 }

// preflight the API before rendering
resp, err := http.Get("https://statsapi.web.nhl.com/api/v1/teams/LAL")
if err != nil || resp.StatusCode != 200 { /* hide segment */ }

// segment returns (nil, err); treat as 'no data this prompt'
result, err := getResult(team)
if err != nil {
    // fall back to last-known data or hide the segment
}

When it happens

Trigger: Rendering an NBA/NHL segment when getAvailableGameData fails: no network connectivity, the stats API being down or rate-limiting, an invalid/unsupported team name in the config, or the configured HTTP timeout expiring.

Common situations: Corporate proxy or firewall blocking the stats API; API endpoint changed/retired upstream; typo'd team name/abbreviation in the theme config; offline laptop triggering the segment on every prompt.

Understand the failure class

Background: 'Something went wrong' / 'Request failed (500)' / 'HTTP error! status: 404' — what failed HTTP requests actually mean and how to find the real cause — this error's family across 28 libraries.

Related errors

• is not a valid game status
• failed to parse Fajr time
• failed to parse Iftar time
• failed to parse Imsak time
• Withings API error

AI-assisted analysis of JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh@0976794618 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f29b6b6dcf8dc6a5. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/segments/nba.go:289

	// If the score endpoint doesn't have anything get data from the schedule endpoint
	data, err = nba.retrieveScheduleData(teamName, httpTimeout)
	if err == nil {
		return data, nil
	}

	return nil, err
}

func (nba *Nba) getResult() (*NBAData, error) {
	teamName := nba.options.String(TeamName, "")

	httpTimeout := nba.options.Int(options.HTTPTimeout, options.DefaultHTTPTimeout)

	log.Debug("fetching available data for " + teamName)

	data, err := nba.getAvailableGameData(teamName, httpTimeout)
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("unable to get data for team %s", teamName)))
		return nil, err
	}

	if !data.GameStatus.Valid() {
		err := fmt.Errorf("%d is not a valid game status", data.GameStatus)
		log.Error(err)
		return nil, err
	}

	return data, nil
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 0976794618)