Update or create a nflfastR play by play database

Source: R/helper_database_functions.R

update_db Updates a RSQLite database with nflfastR data of all completed games since 1999.

update_db(
  dbdir = ".",
  dbname = "pbp_db",
  tblname = "nflfastR_pbp",
  force_rebuild = FALSE
)

Arguments

dbdir

Directory in which the database is or shall be located
dbname

File name of an existing or desired database within dbdir
tblname

The name of the play by play data table within the database
force_rebuild

Logical parameter to rebuild the play by play data table within the database from scratch in case the cleaned data were updated