Input a sport homepage URL as a string and return a list of arbitrage information. This will also print dataframes with details of the arbitrage opportunities, including the stake required for equal returns, the value of said equal returns, along with the relevant bookie for each outcome.
get_arbs(
event = "https://www.oddschecker.com/football",
in_play = FALSE,
print_urls = FALSE,
parallel = TRUE,
debug = FALSE
)A URL to a www.oddschecker.com sport homepage, given as a string.
Logical. Should in-play arbitrage opportunities (arbs) also be returned?
These are not likely to be accurate arbs as some bookie's odds will not be up-to-date,
therefore default is FALSE.
Logical. Should the URL of the event(s) be printed to the console while
searching for arbitrage opportunities? Passed to get_arb_single.
Logical. Should iterative calls to get_arb_single be made in
parallel.
Logical. If set to TRUE, print_urls will be turned on and
parallel will be turned off (so that URLs can be printed continuously).
A list, with arbitrage information printed as series of dataframes.
The workhorse function, clearly, is get_arb_single, however get_arbs
implements it iteratively, after scraping and cleaning the required inputs for each
distinct call to get_arb_single. This includes finding all the sub-URLs
of the homepage. A progress bar is also used as the runtime is significant.