GET Hackernews Front Page Results using REST API in R

Data Collection is always an important aspect of Data Science and with many modern websites (web apps), It doesn't have to be Web Scraping. In fact, it's easier and the most right way to get data using APIs they offer. In this video, We explore how to use Hackernews API to collect HN Frontpage data in R using {httr} package. This could be used for Automation or Analysis. The main point is collecting data from (GET) API Calls with R (without Web Scraping) Hackernews API: https://github.com/HackerNews/APICode: https://github.com/amrrs/youtube-r-snippets/blob/master/hn_api_top20.R
Related Web Scraping: https://youtu.be/aZXyh6sWPAU

Видео GET Hackernews Front Page Results using REST API in R канала 1littlecoder