retrieve_tweets: Import tweets

In tonyelhabr/xengagement: Quantifying Twitter Engagement to xGPhilosophy

Import tweets

Description

Import tweets from xGPhilosophy

Screenshot xGPhilosophy's latest tweet

Usage

retrieve_tweets(
  method = .get_valid_tweet_methods(),
  user = .get_user(),
  ...,
  tweets = NULL,
  n = 3200,
  dir = .get_dir_data(),
  file = sprintf("%s_timeline", user),
  ext = "rds",
  path = NULL,
  f_import = readr::read_rds,
  f_export = readr::write_rds,
  export = TRUE
)

screenshot_latest_tweet(
  tweets = NULL,
  status_id = NULL,
  user = .get_user(),
  dir = .get_dir_data(),
  file = sprintf("%s_latest_tweet", user),
  ext = "png",
  path = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

method	How to retrieve tweets.
user	User for whom to retrieve tweets for. (xGPhilophy by default.)
...	Extra parameters passed to tweetrmd::tweet_screenshot()
tweets	This can be tweets retrieved from something like retrieve_tweets() or just a data frame with at least created_at and status_id.
n	Number of tweets to retrieve. (3200 by default.)
dir	Directory to use to generate path if path is not explicitly provided.
file	File name (without extension) to generate path if path is not explicitly provided.
ext	File extension to use to generate path if path is not explicitly provided.
path	Path to export to.
f_import	Function to import with if file exists and overwrite = TRUE.
f_export	Function to export with if export = TRUE .
export	Whether to export. Supersedes 'overwrite.

Valid methods

• "none" return existing tweets at path

• "all" re-trieve and return entire timeline

• "since" retrieve timeline since last tweet saved at path and return it along with existing tweets (functionally this will return the same results as "all" , unless a tweet has since been deleted)

• "new" only retrieve and return timeline since last tweet saved at path

tonyelhabr/xengagement documentation built on June 22, 2022, 5 a.m.