get_comment_threads: Get Comments Threads

In tuber: Client for the YouTube API

Get Comments Threads

Description

Get Comments Threads

Usage

get_comment_threads(
  filter = NULL,
  part = "snippet",
  text_format = "html",
  simplify = TRUE,
  max_results = 100,
  page_token = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

filter	string; Required. named vector of length 1 potential names of the entry in the vector: video_id: video ID. channel_id: channel ID. thread_id: comma-separated list of comment thread IDs threads_related_to_channel: channel ID.
part	Comment resource requested. Required. Comma separated list of one or more of the following: id, replies, snippet. e.g., "id,snippet", "replies", etc. Default: snippet.
text_format	Data Type: Character. Default is "html". Only takes "html" or "plainText". Optional.
simplify	Data Type: Boolean. Default is TRUE. If TRUE, the function returns a data frame. Else a list with all the information returned.
max_results	Maximum number of items that should be returned. Integer. Optional. Can be 1-2000. Default is 100. If the value is greater than 100, multiple API calls are made to fetch all results. Each API call is limited to 100 items per the YouTube API.
page_token	Specific page in the result set that should be returned. Optional.
...	Additional arguments passed to tuber_GET.

Value

Nested named list. The entry items is a list of comments along with meta information. Within each of the items is an item snippet which has an item topLevelComment$snippet$textDisplay that contains the actual comment.

If simplify is TRUE, a data.frame with the following columns: authorDisplayName, authorProfileImageUrl, authorChannelUrl, authorChannelId.value, videoId, textDisplay, canRate, viewerRating, likeCount, publishedAt, updatedAt

References

https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/commentThreads/list

Examples

## Not run: 

# Set API token via yt_oauth() first

get_comment_threads(filter = c(video_id = "N708P-A45D0"))
get_comment_threads(filter = c(video_id = "N708P-A45D0"), max_results = 101)

## End(Not run)

tuber documentation built on March 25, 2026, 9:08 a.m.