get_followers_download: Get followers download

In mkearney/rtweet.download: Automate Large Downloads with 'rtweet'

Description

Automate the collection of follower IDs for a large number of users (via get_followers)

Usage

get_followers_download(x, ..., output = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

x	Either a data frame or character vector containing user identifiers for which follower IDs will be retrieved. See details for more information about how this works.
...	If x is a data frame this can be used to select columns containing the appropriate user identifying information (user_id and/or screen_name). This uses the tidyselect specification. If x is a character vector, then the first unnamed or non-argument named value is assumed to be labels (screen names) corresponding with x.
output	Optionally supply a preexisting output vector (like that returned by this function)–if NULL, the default, this function will start fresh.
verbose	Whether the function should print information/status updates, defaults to TRUE. Setting this to FALSE will silent most printing.

Details

This function attempts to retrieve up to 75,000 follower IDs every 15 minutes, sleeping between calls until Twitter's API rate limit resets. If your API token is linked to your own Twitter APP and has appropriate permissions to create a 'bearer token', then this function will collect closer to 150,000 followers per 15 mintues.

Value

Returns a list data frames with user and follower ID information. See get_followers for more information.

mkearney/rtweet.download documentation built on Dec. 14, 2019, 7:27 p.m.