fast_scraper_roster: Get team rosters for multiple seasons

Description

Given years return a dataset with each player listed as part of the roster.

Usage

fast_scraper_roster(seasons)

Value

Data frame where each individual row represents a player in the roster of the given team and season containing the following information:

season: 4 digit season year.
team: Team abbreviation.
position: Abbreviation of the player's position (e.g. "QB", "WR", "RB", "CB"...).
depth_chart_position: Starting with the 2020 season: the abbreviation of the players depth_chart_position.
jersey_number: The player's 2 digit jersey number.
status: String indicating the status of the player (e.g. "Active", "Inactive", "Injured Reserve"...) at the update time update_dt (see below)
full_name: Full name of the player.
first_name: First name of the player.
last_name: Last name of the player.
birth_date: Birth date of the player.
height: Height of the player.
weight: Weight of the player.
college: Name of the college the player has attended.
high_school: Name of the High School the player has attended (only non-NA for players who were listed in the 2020 season).
gsis_id: The player's NFL GSIS ID, which can be used to link the player to play-by-play data.
espn_id: The player's ESPN ID (only non-NA for players who were listed in the 2020 season).
sportradar_id: The player's Sportradar ID (only non-NA for players who were listed in the 2020 season).
yahoo_id: The player's Yahoo Sports ID (only non-NA for players who were listed in the 2020 season).
rotowire_id: The player's Rotowire ID (only non-NA for players who were listed in the 2020 season).
update_dt: Date and time when the current entry was last updated (starting with the 2020 season).
headshot_url: URL to a player image (starting in the 2020 season on ESPN servers).

Arguments

seasons: A vector of 4-digit years associated with given NFL seasons

Details

The roster data is accessed via the free to use Sleeper API.

Examples

Run this code

# \donttest{
# Roster of the 2019 and 2020 seasons
fast_scraper_roster(2019:2020)
# \dontshow{
# Close open connections for R CMD Check
future::plan("sequential")
# }
# }