F1 Results Visualization

This R package contains a Shiny app to visualize F1 results since the year 1958 to this date. The results are extracted from Ergast Developer API

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Installation

To install and use this package, you can follow these steps:

Install devtools Package (if not already installed):

If you haven't already installed the devtools package, you can do so using the following command in your R console:
```
install.packages("devtools")
```
Load the devtools Library: After installing devtools, load the library in your R session:
```
library("devtools")
```
Install Package from Github: Use the install_github function from devtools to install the "F1-stats" package directly from this GitHub repository:
```
devtools::install_github("hugo-morvan/F1_stats")
```
This command will download and install the package along with its dependencies from this GitHub repository.
Load the Installed Package: Once the installation is complete, load the package into your R session:
```
library("F1_stats")
```
After loading the package, you can use its functions and features in your R environment.

Usage

Load and Install Shiny: Ensure that the package shiny is installed and loaded:
```
library("shiny")
```
Launch the Shiny App: To run the shiny app, simply run the following commands :

runGitHub("F1_stats", "hugo-morvan", subdir = "R/")

Explore the Dataset ! The app contains F1 driver and constructor standings since 1958. Have fun exploring its content !

API Reference

The API used for this project is the Ergast F1 Standings API.

Usage:

To list the driver or constructor standings after a specific race use the following URLs with the required year and round number:

http://ergast.com/api/f1/2008/5/driverStandings

http://ergast.com/api/f1/2008/5/constructorStandings

To list the driver or constructor standings at the end of a specific season use the following URLs with the required year. If the season hasn’t ended you will get the current standings:

http://ergast.com/api/f1/2008/driverStandings

http://ergast.com/api/f1/2008/constructorStandings

Current standings can always be obtained using the following static URLs:

http://ergast.com/api/f1/current/driverStandings