getComments: Functions to manipulate StackExchange comments

In geoffjentry/RStackExchange: R based StackExchange client

Description

These functions can be used to retrieve comments from a StackExchange site.

Usage

getComments(num = NULL, ids = NULL, fromDate = NULL, toDate = NULL,
            min = NULL, max = NULL, sort = NULL, order = NULL,
            idsArePosts = FALSE, site = "stackoverflow.com") 

Arguments

num	An upper bound on the number of results to return
ids	An optional vector of numeric IDs representing a specific subset of answers to search
fromDate	When present, an early bound on results to return, either as a POSIXct date or an Unix timestamp
toDate	When present, an upper bound on results to return, either as a POSIXct date or an Unix timestamp
min	When present, minimum value for the current sort
max	When present, maximum value for the current sort
sort	When present, how results are to be sorted, one of activity (default), creation or votes
order	When present, how results should be ordered, one of desc (default) or asc
site	Which StackExchange site to poll
idsArePosts	If TRUE, the ids argument are assumed to be ids of questions and answers, and will retrieve associated comments

Value

Returns a list of seComment objects

Author(s)

Jeff Gentry

See Also

seComment

Examples

     zz <- getComments(num=5, fromDate=as.POSIXct('2009-09-25'),
                       toDate=as.POSIXct('2010-05-30'))

geoffjentry/RStackExchange documentation built on May 17, 2019, 1:11 a.m.