update_wnba_stats_db: *Build/update wehoop WNBA Stats database*

In wehoop: Access Women's Basketball Play by Play Data

Build/update wehoop WNBA Stats database

Description

update_wnba_stats_db() writes one or more WNBA Stats API datasets into a database. Mirrors the WNBA / WBB ⁠update_*_db()⁠ shape but points at the ⁠load_wnba_stats_*⁠ family. Each dataset is written to its own table, named ⁠wnba_stats_<dataset>⁠.

Usage

update_wnba_stats_db(
  dbdir = ".",
  dbname = "wehoop_db",
  datasets = NULL,
  seasons = TRUE,
  db_connection = NULL
)

Arguments

dbdir	Directory in which the database is or shall be located.
dbname	File name of an existing or desired SQLite database within dbdir.
datasets	Character vector of dataset shortnames (see Details).
seasons	Optional integer vector of seasons to load. Defaults to all available seasons (seasons = TRUE).
db_connection	A DBIConnection object. When supplied, dbdir and dbname are ignored.

Details

Unlike update_wnba_db() / update_wbb_db(), there is no historical "play-by-play table" default to preserve, so datasets is required.

Valid datasets values: "schedule", "player_game_logs", "pbp", "rosters", "coaches", "player_stats", "lineups", "team_stats", "standings", "draft", "shots", "game_rosters", "officials", "possessions".

Value

Invisibly returns TRUE on success.

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