getMultiUserInfo: Get Information about Multiple Users

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References Examples

Description

Returns a data.frame with publicly available information about multiple users.

Usage

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getMultiUserInfo(user_ids, access_token)

Arguments

user_ids

Vector of numeric user IDs. Available from users' pages (see Details).

access_token

Your access token (see ?makeAccessToken).

Details

Many users have their ID as part of their URL address (e.g. https://vk.com/idUSERID, where USERID is a sequence of numbers). In the event users have screen names that do not show their ID in the URL, one can access them by clicking on the user's post (or photo, video, etc.): the post will open with a new URL of the form https://vk.com/SCREENNAME?w=wall-USERID_POSTID). Pass USERID (without the minus sign in front of it) to the function call.

Universities, schools, and jobs are returned as data.frames.

Value

A data.frame with columns (can vary due to information availability):

id

User ID

first_name

User's first name

last_name

User's last name

sex

User's sex (available options: female, male)

screen_name

User's screen name

bdate

User's birth date

city

City code the user specified in the "Contacts" section

country

Country code the user specified in the "Contacts" section

relation

User's relationship status (1 - single; 2 - in a relationship; 3 - engaged; 4 - married; 5 - it's complicated; 6 - actively searching; 7 - in love; 8 - in a civil union; 0 - not specified.)

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Other fields if available

Author(s)

Denis Stukal denis.stukal@nyu.edu

References

VK API Methods: Users (https://vk.com/dev/users.get)

Examples

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## Not run: 
mytoken = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
userids = c(AAAAAAAA, BBBBBB, CCCCCCC)
dat <- getMultiUserInfo(user_ids = userids, access_token = mytoken)
str(dat)

## End(Not run)

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