web_search {textpress} | R Documentation |
Process search results from multiple search engines
Description
This function allows you to query different search engines (DuckDuckGo, Bing, Yahoo News), retrieve search results, and filter them based on predefined patterns.
Usage
web_search(
search_term,
search_engine,
num_pages = 1,
time_filter = NULL,
insite = NULL,
intitle = FALSE
)
Arguments
search_term |
The search query as a string. |
search_engine |
The search engine to use: "DuckDuckGo", "Bing", or "Yahoo News". |
num_pages |
The number of result pages to retrieve (default: 1). |
time_filter |
Optional time filter ("week", "month", "year"). |
insite |
Restrict search to a specific domain (not supported for Yahoo). |
intitle |
Search within the title (relevant for DuckDuckGo and Bing). |
Value
A 'data.table' containing search engine results with columns 'search_engine' and 'raw_url'.
[Package textpress version 1.0.0 Index]