get_item_by_id {hackeRnews}

Get Hacker News by Id

Description

Retrieves the item corresponding to specified id using Hacker News API

Usage

get_item_by_id(id)

Arguments

id

id of the item that should be retrieved

Details

The API in some cases returns a null response. When this situation occurs it is assumed that the item does not exist and NA is returned.

Value

item corresponding to the specified id

Examples

# retrieve the id of the latest Hacker News item
last_item_id <- get_max_item_id()
last_item_id

# retrieve the latest Hacker News item
last_hn_item <- get_item_by_id(last_item_id)
last_hn_item