Returns a list of a race or many races data including runners, markets, dividends and pools
Can either use this function and provide it the race API URL, or use get_past_races
to get the same results. Note this can return results for many race meets.
Can then use the parsing functions to get the data you want from these lists.
Usage
get_past_races(meet_date, venue_mnem, race_type, race_num = NULL)
Arguments
- meet_date
race meet date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format
- venue_mnem
the mnemonic of the track
- race_type
the type of race, either R, H, G
- race_num
integer if the race number. If null, then all races for meet(s) returned
Value
returns a list of a race's data including runners, markets, dividends and pools
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
try({
out <- get_past_races(meet_date = c('2022-09-03', '2022-09-10'),
venue_mnem = 'M', race_type = 'R')
})
} # }
