get-statcast-data-as-dataframe.jl

using HTTP, CSV, DataFrames

URL_FORMAT_STR = "https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search/csv?all=true&hfPT=&hfAB=&hfBBT=&hfPR=&hfZ=&stadium=&hfBBL=&hfNewZones=&hfGT=R%7CPO%7CS%7C=&hfSea=&hfSit=&player_type=pitcher&hfOuts=&opponent=&pitcher_throws=&batter_stands=&hfSA=&game_date_gt={start_dt}&game_date_lt={end_dt}&team=&position=&hfRO=&home_road=&hfFlag=&metric_1=&hfInn=&min_pitches=0&min_results=0&group_by=name&sort_col=pitches&player_event_sort=h_launch_speed&sort_order=desc&min_abs=0&type=details&"

function statcast(start_dt=nothing, end_dt=nothing)
    if start_dt === nothing
        start_dt = string(today())
    end
    if end_dt === nothing
        end_dt = start_dt
    end

    url = replace(replace(URL_FORMAT_STR, "{start_dt}" => start_dt), "{end_dt}" => end_dt)
    res = HTTP.get(url)

    data = CSV.File(res.body)
    return DataFrame(data)
end