cricketr (version 0.0.13)

getPlayerData: Get the player data from ESPN Cricinfo based on specific inputs and store in a file in a given directory

Description

Get the player data given the profile of the batsman. The allowed inputs are home,away or both and won,lost or draw of matches. The data is stored in a .csv file in a directory specified. This function also returns a data frame of the player

Usage

getPlayerData(profile,dir="./data",file="player001.csv",type="batting",
homeOrAway=c(1,2),result=c(1,2,4))

Arguments

profile

This is the profile number of the player to get data. This can be obtained from http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/index.html. Type the name of the player and click search. This will display the details of the player. Make a note of the profile ID. For e.g For Sachin Tendulkar this turns out to be http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html. Hence the profile for Sachin is 35320

dir

Name of the directory to store the player data into. If not specified the data is stored in a default directory "./data". Default="./data"

file

Name of the file to store the data into for e.g. tendulkar.csv. This can be used for subsequent functions. Default="player001.csv"

type

type of data required. This can be "batting" or "bowling"

homeOrAway

This is vector with either 1,2 or both. 1 is for home 2 is for away

result

This is a vector that can take values 1,2,4. 1 - won match 2- lost match 4- draw

Value

Returns the player's dataframe

Details

More details can be found in my short video tutorial in Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9uMPFVsXsI

References

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/stats/index.html https://gigadom.wordpress.com/

See Also

getPlayerDataSp

Examples

## Not run: 
# # Both home and away. Result = won,lost and drawn
# tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320,dir="../cricketr/data", file="tendulkar1.csv",
# type="batting", homeOrAway=c(1,2),result=c(1,2,4))
# 
# # Only away. Get data only for won and lost innings
# tendulkar <-getPlayerData(35320,dir="../cricketr/data", file="tendulkar2.csv",
# type="batting",homeOrAway=c(2),result=c(1,2))
# 
# # Get bowling data and store in file for future
# kumble <- getPlayerData(30176,dir="../cricketr/data",file="kumble1.csv",
# type="bowling",homeOrAway=c(1),result=c(1,2))
# ## End(Not run)