tw_api_get_search_tweets: Gets status updates (tweets) via serach

In gvegayon/twitterreport: Out-of-the-Box Analysis and Reporting Tools for Twitter

Description

Using the twitter API, gets the status updates via search

Usage

tw_api_get_search_tweets(q, twitter_token, geocode = NULL, lang = NULL,
  locale = NULL, result_type = c("mixed", "recent", "popular"),
  count = 100, until = "9999-99-99", since_id = NULL, max_id = NULL,
  quietly = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

q	Search query
twitter_token	An object of class Token1.0 as generated by tw_gen_token.
geocode	character with 'latitude,longitude,radius', where radius units must be specified as either 'mi' (miles) or 'km' (kilometers)
lang	Restricts language
locale	Specifies the locale of the query
result_type	Either of the options especified
count	Number of statuses to get
until	character specifying the limit date (tweets before than) as YYYY-MM-DD
since_id	Returns results with an ID greater than (that is, more recent than) the specified ID
max_id	Returns results with an ID less than (that is, older than) or equal to the specified ID
quietly	Whether or not to show the 'success' message
...	Additional arguments passed to GET()

Details

Keep in mind that the search index has a 7-day limit. In other words, no tweets will be found for a date older than one week.

From Twitter

Returns a collection of relevant Tweets matching a specified query.

Please note that Twitter<e2><80><99>s search service and, by extension, the Search API is not meant to be an exhaustive source of Tweets. Not all Tweets will be indexed or made available via the search interface.

Value

A data.frame with tweets (if success), with the following columns:

• result_type

• screen_name

• in_reply_to_screen_name

• user_id

• created_at

• id

• text

• source

• truncated

• retweet_count

• favorite_count

• favorited

• retweeted

• coordinates

• source_name

otherwise returns NULL.

Author(s)

George G. Vega Yon

References

Twitter REST API (GET search/tweets) https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/search/tweets

See Also

tw_extract()

Other API functions: tw_api_get_followers_ids, tw_api_get_followers_list, tw_api_get_friends_ids, tw_api_get_statuses_sample, tw_api_get_statuses_user_timeline, tw_api_get_trends_place, tw_api_get_users_search, tw_api_get_users_show, tw_api_trends_available, tw_gen_token

Examples

## Not run: 
# Getting the twitts (first gen the token)
key <- tw_gen_token('myapp','key', 'secret')

# Making a query
x <- tw_api_get_search_tweets('lovewins', key)

## End(Not run)

gvegayon/twitterreport documentation built on May 17, 2019, 9:30 a.m.