StatsBombR (version 0.1.0)

MultiCompMatches: This function returns all matches 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

MultiCompMatches(username = "username", password = "password", competitionmatrix,
                 version = "v1", baseurl = "https://data.statsbombservices.com/api/",
                 remove.deleted.matches = TRUE)

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 match information 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 and v2 are supported.

remove.deleted.matches

Boolean variable for whether or not you want the deleted matches to be removed from the returned data frame.

Value

df

Returns a data frame with all the matches for the competitions 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 matches.
Matches <- MultiCompMatches(username, password, competitionmatrix)
# }