StatsBombR (version 0.1.0)

MultiCompEvents: This function returns all events from the competitions and seasons specified in the arguments.

Description

For use with the StatsBomb Data API credentials. This function is used to access the JSON file from the StatsBomb API and format it as a data frame (tibble) for use in R. This function supports multiple competitions and seasons simultaneously. Currently, parallel is only supported for windows.

Usage

MultiCompEvents(username = "username", password = "password",
                competitionmatrix, version = "v1",
                baseurl = "https://data.statsbombservices.com/api/", parallel = TRUE, cores = detectCores())

Arguments

username

Character object of your StatsBomb API username.

password

Character object of your StatsBomb API password.

competitionmatrix

Matrix of the competition and season ids you want the events for. Competition ID in the first column and Season ID in the second column.

version

Character string of the version of the StatsBomb API you wish to access. Currently version v1, v2, v3, v4 and v5 are supported.

Value

df

Returns a data frame with all events for the events and seasons specified.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
##Pull Competitions From the API
comps <- competitions(username, password)
##Filter for the competitions you want
EuropeComps <- comps 
# }
# NOT RUN {
<!-- %>% filter(country_name == "Europe") -->
# }
# NOT RUN {
##Create a matrix of the competition and season ids
competitionmatrix <- as.matrix(EuropeComps[,1:2])
##Pull all of the events.
Events <- MultiCompEvents(username, password, competitionmatrix)
# }