find_a_gp: Scrape GP practices

In villegar/scrappy: A Simple Web Scraper

Scrape GP practices

Description

Scrape GP practices near a given postcode

Usage

find_a_gp(
  client,
  postcode,
  base = "https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-gp",
  sleep = 1
)

Arguments

client	RSelenium client.
postcode	String with the target postcode.
base	String with the base URL for Google Maps website.
sleep	Integer with number of seconds to use as pause between actions on the web page.

Value

Data frame with GP practices near the given postcode.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Create RSelenium session
rD <- RSelenium::rsDriver(browser = "firefox", port = 4544L, verbose = FALSE)

# Retrieve GP practices near L69 3GL
# (Waterhouse building, University of Liverpool)
wh_gps_tb <- scrappy::find_a_gp(rD$client, postcode = "L69 3GL")

# Stop server
rD$server$stop()

## End(Not run)

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