This is a wrapper around the ‘googler’ command line tool.
Python 3 must be installed and locatable
You can install the development version of {googler} from Github with:
remotes::install_github("mkearney/googler")Search google with various options to specify things like the desired
result count, google
news, within a range of
time, from a given
site, etc.
## search google for 'rstats'
googler("rstats")
#> # A tibble: 10 x 4
#> abstract matches title url
#> <chr> <list> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 "5h ago @akesslerdc tweeted: \… <df[,2] [… News about #rst… https://twitter.com/hashta…
#> 2 The latest Tweets from Rstats … <df[,2] [… Rstats (@rstats… https://twitter.com/rstats…
#> 3 The R Project for Statistical … <NULL> The R Project f… https://www.r-project.org/
#> 4 Read writing about Rstats in T… <df[,2] [… Rstats – Toward… https://towardsdatascience…
#> 5 Right now I'm building a GLM f… <NULL> Rstats - Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/r…
#> 6 This function is used to calcu… <NULL> rstats function… https://www.rdocumentation…
#> 7 Jun 24, 2019 ... GitHub is whe… <NULL> rstats · GitHub… https://github.com/topics/…
#> 8 Read writing about Rstats in l… <df[,2] [… Rstats – learn … https://blog.exploratory.i…
#> 9 Jul 24, 2019 ... Welcome to RS… <df[,2] [… RStats Institut… https://www.missouristate.…
#> 10 Today I pushed a preliminary v… <NULL> Rstats - Once U… https://www.onceupondata.c…## search google for 100 'rstats' or "R language" hits in English in past year
googler("rstats OR \"R language\"", count = 100, time = "y1", lang = "en")
#> # A tibble: 97 x 5
#> abstract matches title url metadata
#> <chr> <list> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 "5h ago @akesslerdc tweet… <df[,2] … News about #rstats… https://twitter.com/… <NA>
#> 2 Right now I'm building a … <NULL> Rstats - Reddit https://www.reddit.c… <NA>
#> 3 This past year in R has b… <NULL> My 2018 #rstats ye… https://leonawicz.gi… <NA>
#> 4 GitHub is where people bu… <NULL> rstats · GitHub To… https://github.com/t… <NA>
#> 5 Welcome to RStats Institu… <df[,2] … RStats Institute -… https://www.missouri… <NA>
#> 6 RStats Glossary. Find def… <df[,2] … Stats Tools - RSta… https://www.missouri… <NA>
#> 7 Dec 13, 2018 - 77 min - U… <df[,2] … R Programming for … https://www.youtube.… <NA>
#> 8 Why the R Language? R is … <df[,2] … Why use the R Lang… https://www.burns-st… <NA>
#> 9 "The view_df() function f… <NULL> Quickly create Cod… https://www.r-blogge… <NA>
#> 10 Basically, this book is a… <df[,2] … A Complete Guide t… https://towardsdatas… <NA>
#> # … with 87 more rows## search google news for rstats/R language articles in the past three weeks
googler("rstats OR \"R language\"", news = TRUE)
#> # A tibble: 10 x 5
#> abstract matches metadata title url
#> <chr> <list> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Quartz: How would you … <df[,2] … Quartz, Aug 1… What's next for … https://qz.com/1661…
#> 2 ... R package develope… <df[,2] … Yahoo Finance… R Consortium Com… https://finance.yah…
#> 3 'Brittany Runs a Marat… <NULL> The Boston Gl… Jillian Bell lac… https://www.bostong…
#> 4 “A broad range of orga… <df[,2] … Datanami, Aug… Is Python Strang… https://www.datanam…
#> 5 ... data visualization… <df[,2] … Neowin, Aug 3… This 2019 Certif… https://www.neowin.…
#> 6 28 R (language) — Gary… <df[,2] … Valdosta Dail… Capsule reviews … https://www.valdost…
#> 7 The R language offers … <df[,2] … Toolbox (blog… Google's AI Plat… https://it.toolbox.…
#> 8 Her favorites are Data… <df[,2] … Quartz, Nov 1… What's the best … https://qz.com/1464…
#> 9 Big-data company Datab… <NULL> SiliconANGLE … Databricks' MLfl… https://siliconangl…
#> 10 The R language was ori… <df[,2] … IT Jungle, Ap… R Comes To i https://www.itjungl…