get_item_by_id: Get Hacker News by Id
In hackeRnews: Wrapper for the 'Official Hacker News' API
get_item_by_id R Documentation
Get Hacker News by Id
Description
Retrieves the item
corresponding to specified id using Hacker News API
Usage
get_item_by_id(id)
Arguments
id
id of the item that should be retrieved
Details
The API in some cases returns a null response.
When this situation occurs it is assumed that the item
does not exist and NA is returned.
Value
item corresponding to the specified id
Examples
# retrieve the id of the latest Hacker News item
last_item_id <- get_max_item_id()
last_item_id
# retrieve the latest Hacker News item
last_hn_item <- get_item_by_id(last_item_id)
last_hn_item
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Get Hacker News by Id
Description
Retrieves the item corresponding to specified id using Hacker News API
Usage
get_item_by_id(id)
Arguments
id |
id of the item that should be retrieved |
Details
The API in some cases returns a null response. When this situation occurs it is assumed that the item does not exist and NA is returned.
Value
item corresponding to the specified id
Examples
# retrieve the id of the latest Hacker News item
last_item_id <- get_max_item_id()
last_item_id
# retrieve the latest Hacker News item
last_hn_item <- get_item_by_id(last_item_id)
last_hn_item
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