Collect all opta available files for a specified season.

collect_f24(
  user,
  passwd,
  output_dir,
  season = NULL,
  match_id = NULL,
  matches_id = NULL,
  root_url = "http://omo.akamai.opta.net",
  store_f7 = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

user: User to connect to the root_url account;
passwd: Password of the user to use.
output_dir: Output directory to write files to.
season: Season of the games to collect. If set, nor match_id nor matches_id are read.
match_id: Specific game id. Do not use with season set.
matches_id: Specific games ids. Do not use with season set. If set, will overwrite match_id.
root_url: The URL to collect the f24 file. By default it is set to http://omo.akamai.opta.net.
store_f7: Store as well corresponding F7 file. Default set to TRUE.
...: Additional arguments for the underlying functions.

Value

Save to severals .xml files the collected .xml files.

Examples

 
if (FALSE) {
# if you want all the available game of the season `season`
collect_f24(user="XX12345", passwd="mypasswd", season=2020)

# if you want the game of id `match_id`
collect_f24(user="XX12345", passwd="mypasswd", match_id="7890")

# if you want several games, use `matches_id` as
collect_f24(user="XX12345", passwd="mypasswd", match_id=c("7890", "7891", "7177"))

# if you need to specify the root url you can set
collect_f24(user="XX12345", passwd="mypasswd", season=2020, root_url="https://my_new_root_url")
}