type.convert error for get_league_teams_stats and get_players_seasons_stats

[leobeta92]

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The type.convert function for the two functions above throws up an error that the first argument must be of mode character. Is there an additional package needed or an issue with my operating system?

All functions in team.R and players.R give me the same error. Except for get_team_meta().

library(reprex)
library(understatr)
league_data <- get_league_teams_stats(league_name = "EPL", year = 2018)
Error in type.convert(teams_df) : 
  the first argument must be of mode character
player_data <- get_player_stats(player_id = 882)
Error in get_player_stats(player_id = 882) : 
  could not find function "get_player_stats"
player_data <- get_player_matches_stats(player_id = 882)
Error in type.convert(player_data) : 
  the first argument must be of mode character
Sys.info()
                                                                                           sysname 
                                                                                          "Darwin" 
                                                                                           release 
                                                                                          "18.6.0" 
                                                                                           version 
"Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Thu Apr 25 23:16:27 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64" 
                                                                                          nodename 
                                                                                        "---" 
                                                                                           machine 
                                                                                          "x86_64" 
                                                                                             login 
                                                                                             "--" 
                                                                                              user 
                                                                                             "--" 
                                                                                    effective_user 
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[ewenme]

huh. I haven't been able to recreate the error in my own session, but I have edited type.convert calls to use the as.is argument to prevent coercing of characters into factors. Hopefully this will solve the issue, try re-installing the package and see if it's fixed.

[leobeta92]

cheers man, I see what as.is would do. Unfortunately, it kept happening even after reinstalling. When I remove the type.convert from your function, it works. But, obviously the numeric columns remain characters. Adding rows to type.convert the numeric layers works, too. I think it's the player_name and player_id column.