#' getGuideCategories
#'
#' @description Returns a list of categories that can be associated with
#' YouTube channels.
#'
#' @param token
#' Your token as returned by \code{\link{youOAuth}}.
#' @param id
#' Specifies a comma-separated list of the YouTube channel category ID(s) for
#' the resource(s) that are being retrieved. In a \code{guide.category}
#' resource, the id property specifies the YouTube channel category ID.
#' @param region.code
#' Instructs the API to return the list of guide categories available in the
#' specified country. The parameter value is an
#' \href{https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search}{ISO 3166-1 alpha-2} country code.
#' @param hl
#' Specifies the language that will be used for text values in the API
#' response. The default value (from YouTube) is \code{en-US}. See
#' \code{\link{getLanguages}}
#'
#' @details Must specify one (and only one) filter \code{id} or
#' \code{region.code}
#'
#' @examples
#' \dontrun{
#' token <- youOAuth(client.id = "something.apps.googleusercontent.com",
#' client.secret = "XxxXX1XxXxXxxx1xxx1xxXXX")
#'
#' # fetch categories from Belgium
#' dull.cat <- getCategories(token, region.code = "BE")
#' }
#'
#' @export
#'
#' @author John Coene \email{jcoenep@@hotmail.com}
getGuideCategories <- function (token, id, region.code, hl = NULL)
{
if(missing(id)) id <- NULL
if(missing(region.code)) region.code <- NULL
# check token
checkToken(token)
# check required parameters
if(!length(id) && !length(region.code)) {
stop("must provide either id or region.code")
} else {
c <- length(id) + length(region.code)
if (c > 1) {
stop("can only supply id OR region.code")
}
}
arguments <- namedList(id, region.code, hl)
# buildParameters
x <- list()
for (i in 1:length(arguments)) {
y <- buildParam(param = names(arguments[i]), values = arguments[[i]])
x[[i]] <- ifelse(!is.null(y), y, "")
}
# collapse
suffix <- paste(x, collapse = "")
# build uri
uri <- paste0("https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/guideCategories",
"?part=snippet", suffix)
# GET
response <- httr::GET(uri, config = (token = token))
# parse
json <- jsonlite::fromJSON(rawToChar(response$content),
simplifyDataFrame = F)
# check if error
if(length(json$error)) {
stop(paste0("API returned the following error (code ",
json$error$code,"): ",
json$error$message))
# else parse
} else {
dat <- do.call(plyr::"rbind.fill", lapply(json$items, as.data.frame))
}
dat <- renameReturn(dat)
return(dat)
}
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