getUser {twitteR} | R Documentation |
Functions to manage Twitter users
Description
These functions allow you interact with information about a Twitter user - retrieving their base information, list of friends, list of followers, and an up to date timeline.
Usage
getUser(user, ...)
lookupUsers(users, includeNA=FALSE, ...)
Arguments
user |
The Twitter user to detail, can be |
users |
A vector of either user IDs or screen names or a mix of both |
includeNA |
If |
... |
Optional arguments to be passed to |
Details
These functions will only return fully formed objects if the authenticated user is allowed to see the requested user. If that person has a private account and has not allowed you to see them, you will not be able to extract that information.
The lookupUsers
function should be used in cases where there are
multiple lookups going to take place, to reduce the API call load. This function
requires OAuth authentication.
Value
The getUser
function returns an object of class
user
.
The lookupUsers
function will return a list of user
objects,
sorted in the order of the users
argument, with names being the particular
element of users
that it matches to. If the includeNA
argument is set
to FALSE
(default), any non-existing users will be dropped from the list.
Author(s)
Jeff Gentry
See Also
Examples
## Not run:
tuser <- getUser('geoffjentry')
users <- lookupUsers(c('geoffjentry', 'whitehouse'))
## End(Not run)