getTags: Functions to manipulate StackExchange tags

In geoffjentry/RStackExchange: R based StackExchange client

Description

These functions allow you to download and manipulate tags from a StackExchange site

Usage

getTags(num = NULL, filter = NULL, fromDate = NULL, toDate = NULL,
        min = NULL, max = NULL, sort = NULL, order = NULL,
        site = "stackoverflow.com")
getTagSynonyms(num = NULL, tags = NULL, fromDate = NULL, toDate = NULL,
               min = NULL, max = NULL, sort = NULL, order = NULL,
               site = 'stackoverflow.com')

Arguments

num	An upper bound on the number of results to return
filter	Required text in returned tags
tags	An optional vector of tags, see details
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

Details

The getTags function will retrieve all tags that match the criteria specified.

The getTagSynonyms will by default return all tag synonyms that match the criteria but one can supply a vector of tag names, in which case syonyms are returned for just the tags specified (which also meet any other criteria).

As of this writing, tags don't seem to have a unique identifier and are only referenced by name.

Value

A list of seTag objects

Author(s)

Jeff Gentry

See Also

seTag

Examples

    zz <- getTags(filter='java', num=5)
    tags <- sapply(zz, function(x) x$getName())
    xx <- getTagSynonyms(num=3, tags=tags, order='desc')

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