gtrend_scraper: Grab Google Trend Data

Description Usage Arguments Value References Examples

Description

A function to grab Google Trend data using the GTrendsR package https://github.com/dvanclev/GTrendsR.

Usage

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gtrend_scraper(username, password, phrases, geo = "US")

Arguments

username

Your Gmail/Google name (e.g., tyler.rinker@gmail.com).

password

Your Gmail/Google password.

phrases

A character vector of phrases to look up.

geo

A locations to search within.

Value

Returns a list of lists (one list for each search term):

query

A character...

meta

A character...

trend

A data.frame...

regions

A list...

topmetros

A list...

cities

A list...

searches

A list...

rising

A list...

headers

A character...

References

https://github.com/dvanclev/GTrendsR http://www.google.com/trends

Examples

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## Not run: 
(out <- gtrend_scraper("tyler.rinker@gmail.com", "password", "dog bite"))

library(GTrendsR)
as.zoo(out[[1]])

## End(Not run)

trinker/gtrend documentation built on May 31, 2019, 8:43 p.m.