ussc_google_total_results: Grabs data from Google Search API

In USStudiesCentre/ussc: Functions and Scripts Used at the United States Studies Centre

Description

Uses the google search query to grab total search numbers from Google Search.

Usage

ussc_google_total_results()

Arguments

.data	data frame with custom queries
api_key	Google Search API – follow the instructions here https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview#api_key.
cx_id	Custom Search Engine ID Once you have an api_key, create a Custom Search Engine. Follow the instructions here https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/tutorial/creatingcse#defining_a_custom_search_engine_in_control_panel. In the form, for the website field type in www.google.com. Remember to give the Custom Search Engine an informative name. Now you need to edit the CSE to search for all links (not just www.google.com). Go here: https://cse.google.com/create/new. On the left, click edit search engine, click on the CSE that you just created and scroll down to "Search the entire web". Click Yes. Scroll up, copy Search engine ID, paste in your .renviron file under GOOGLE_SEARCH_CX_ID.
query	Google Search query from ussc::ussc_google_create_custom_query

Author(s)

Zoe Meers

Examples

## Not run: 
df <- tibble::tribble(~name, ~place, "Simon Jackman", "USSC")
custom_query <- ussc::ussc_google_create_custom_query(df, "name", "place") 
results <- ussc::ussc_google_total_results(query = custom_query)

## End(Not run)

USStudiesCentre/ussc documentation built on Sept. 2, 2020, 2:51 p.m.