network_data: Network data

In rtweet: Collecting Twitter Data

Network data

Description

• network_data() returns a data frame that can easily be converted to various network classes.

• network_graph() returns a igraph object

Usage

network_data(x, e = c("mention", "retweet", "reply", "quote"))

network_graph(x, e = c("mention", "retweet", "reply", "quote"))

Arguments

x

Data frame returned by rtweet function

e

Type of edge/link–i.e., "mention", "retweet", "quote", "reply". This must be a character vector of length one or more. This value will be split on punctuation and space (so you can include multiple types in the same string separated by a comma or space). The values "all" and "semantic" are assumed to mean all edge types, which is equivalent to the default value of c("mention", "retweet", "reply", "quote")

Details

Retrieve data to know which users are connected to which users.

Value

A from/to data edge data frame

An igraph object

See Also

network_graph() rtweet-deprecated

rtweet documentation built on May 29, 2024, 7:47 a.m.