get_comments: Hacker News nested comments
In hackeRnews: Wrapper for the 'Official Hacker News' API
get_comments R Documentation
Hacker News nested comments
Description
Retrieves all comments under an item
using Hacker News API
Usage
get_comments(item)
Arguments
item
item whose children (comments) will be retrieved
Value
dataframe of all comments under an item
Examples
story <- get_item_by_id(21499889)
comments <- get_comments(story)
# Convert to a tibble to improve formatting
# as comment content might long
tibble::as_tibble(comments)
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Hacker News nested comments
Description
Retrieves all comments under an item using Hacker News API
Usage
get_comments(item)
Arguments
item |
item whose children (comments) will be retrieved |
Value
dataframe of all comments under an item
Examples
story <- get_item_by_id(21499889)
comments <- get_comments(story)
# Convert to a tibble to improve formatting
# as comment content might long
tibble::as_tibble(comments)
R Package Documentation
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We want your feedback!
Note that we can't provide technical support on individual packages. You should contact the package authors for that.
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