R/nhl_conferences.R

In nhlapi: A Minimum-Dependency 'R' Interface to the 'NHL' API

#' Create an NHL API URL for conferences
#'
#' @param conferenceIds `integer()`, ids of the conferences or `NULL`
#'   (default) for all conferences As of end of 2019, the valid
#'   conference ids seem to be in the `1:7` range.
#'
#' @examples
#'   nhlapi:::nhl_url_conferences()
#'   nhlapi:::nhl_url_conferences(1:3)
#'
#' @return `character()`, API URLs, same length as `teamIds` or
#'   length `1` if `teamIds` is `NULL`.
nhl_url_conferences <- function(conferenceIds = NULL) {
  nhl_url(endPoint = "conferences", suffixes = list(conferenceIds))
}


#' Retrieve metadata on NHL conferences from the API
#'
#' @inheritParams nhl_url_conferences
#'
#' @return `data.frame`, with information on conferences, one row
#'   per conference.
#' @export
#'
#' @examples \dontrun{
#'   # Get information on all conferences
#'   nhl_conferences()
#'
#'   # Get information on 2 selected conferences
#'   nhl_conferences(5:6)
#' }
nhl_conferences <- function(conferenceIds = NULL) {
  x <- nhl_url_conferences(conferenceIds = conferenceIds)
  x <- nhl_get_data(x)
  x <- util_remove_get_data_errors(x)
  x <- nhl_process_results(x, elName = "conferences")
  x
}