News API
- R client for newsAPIorg
API key
- Go to newsapi.org and register to get an API key.
- Save the key as an environment variable
## my obscured key
NEWSAPI_KEY <- "4345e85e8ae1427480xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
## save to .Renviron file
cat(
paste0("NEWSAPI_KEY=", NEWSAPI_KEY),
append = TRUE,
fill = TRUE,
file = file.path("~", ".Renviron")
)Install
- Install from Github
## install script
if (!"devtools" %in% installed.packages()) {
install.packages("devtools")
}
devtools::install_github("mkearney/newsAPI")
## load package
library(newsAPI)Demo
- Get all available news sources
## get all english language news sources (made available by newsapi.org)
src <- get_sources(language = "en")
## preview data
print(src, width = 500)## # A tibble: 60 x 9
## id name description url category language country urlsToLogos sortBysAvailable
## <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
## 1 abc-news-au ABC News (AU) Australia's most trusted source of local, national and world news. Comprehensive, independent, in-depth analysis, the latest business, sport, weather and more. http://www.abc.net.au/news general en au top
## 2 al-jazeera-english Al Jazeera English News, analysis from the Middle East and worldwide, multimedia and interactives, opinions, documentaries, podcasts, long reads and broadcast schedule. http://www.aljazeera.com general en us top latest
## 3 ars-technica Ars Technica The PC enthusiast's resource. Power users and the tools they love, without computing religion. http://arstechnica.com technology en us top latest
## 4 associated-press Associated Press The AP delivers in-depth coverage on the international, politics, lifestyle, business, and entertainment news. https://apnews.com/ general en us top
## 5 bbc-news BBC News Use BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news general en gb top
## 6 bbc-sport BBC Sport The home of BBC Sport online. Includes live sports coverage, breaking news, results, video, audio and analysis on Football, F1, Cricket, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Golf, Tennis and all the main world sports, plus major events such as the Olympic Games. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport sport en gb top
## 7 bloomberg Bloomberg Bloomberg delivers business and markets news, data, analysis, and video to the world, featuring stories from Businessweek and Bloomberg News. http://www.bloomberg.com business en us top
## 8 breitbart-news Breitbart News Syndicated news and opinion website providing continuously updated headlines to top news and analysis sources. http://www.breitbart.com politics en us top latest
## 9 business-insider Business Insider Business Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. Launched in 2007, the site is now the largest business news site on the web. http://www.businessinsider.com business en us top latest
## 10 business-insider-uk Business Insider (UK) Business Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. Launched in 2007, the site is now the largest business news site on the web. http://uk.businessinsider.com business en gb top latest
## # ... with 50 more rows
- Pass news source names (IDs) to
get_articlesfunction
## apply get_articles function to each news source
df <- lapply(src$id, get_articles)
## collapse into single data frame
df <- do.call("rbind", df)
## preview data
print(df, width = 500)## # A tibble: 564 x 8
## source publishedAt author title description
## <chr> <dttm> <chr> <chr> <chr>
## 1 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 10:04:23 http://www.abc.net.au/news/andrew-probyn/8259322 'There's a jungle drum': Furious Liberal MPs pressure Turnbull to dump Pyne Christopher Pyne's secretly recorded comments have triggered widespread anger in Liberal Party, with the Prime Minister pressured to strip him of his role as Leader of the House.
## 2 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 08:56:23 <NA> Navy member deployed on border patrol operation dies A Royal Australian Navy member deployed on a border patrol operation has died, Defence says, adding the cause of the death is not yet known.
## 3 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 07:55:35 http://www.abc.net.au/news/catherine-hanrahan/7901852, http://www.abc.net.au/news/simon-elvery/5449816, http://www.abc.net.au/news/joshua-byrd/8609896 This is Australia as 100 people If Australia were just 100 people, what would it look like? New census data gives us an opportunity to find out.
## 4 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 14:00:46 http://www.abc.net.au/news/jane-norman/5873958 'He didn't have the courage': Turnbull's backers hit back at Abbott Malcolm Turnbull's loyalists hit back at Tony Abbott, accusing him of pushing for policies that he never had the courage to implement as leader.
## 5 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 07:57:58 http://www.abc.net.au/news/peter-mccutcheon/2741774 'You can't put a value on this': Breaker Morant's possessions may have been found at tip An arms expert is convinced a priceless collection of Boer War items found in a hessian bag at a New South Wales rubbish tip once belonged to fabled British-Australian soldier Breaker Morant.
## 6 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 13:29:51 <NA> Kiev car bomb kills colonel in Ukrainian military intelligence A colonel in Ukraine's military intelligence is killed by a car bomb terrorist act in Kiev, the Defence Ministry says.
## 7 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 14:47:37 <NA> Hackers strike across Europe, sparking widespread disruption Hackers cause widespread disruption across Europe with a series of major cyber attacks.
## 8 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 08:47:18 http://www.abc.net.au/news/nick-dole/6279964 Sydney bio-hacker has travel card implanted into hand Would you be more likely to catch public transport if your Opal card was under your very own skin? Well, one Sydney man has done just this and now taps on with his hand.
## 9 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 12:26:17 <NA> EU fines Google record $3.57 billion The European Union's competition watchdog slaps a record $3.57 billion fine on Google.
## 10 abc-news-au 2017-06-27 08:20:10 <NA> 'Afraid to have children': Climate scientists reveal their fears for the future Some are scared to have children, others are planning to leave the country. Top climate scientists speak about their biggest fears for the future.
## # ... with 554 more rows, and 3 more variables: url <chr>,
## # urlToImage <chr>, sortBy <chr>