getGroup function

Extract list of posts from a public Facebook group

getGroup retrieves information from a public Facebook group.

getGroup(group_id, token, n = 25, since = NULL, until = NULL,
  feed = TRUE, api = NULL)

Arguments

• group_id: Facebook ID for the group. Note that this is different from the name on the URL. You can use searchGroup to find the ID.
• token: Either a temporary access token created at https://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer or the OAuth token created with fbOAuth.
• n: Number of posts of page to return. Note that number can be sometimes higher or lower, depending on status of API.
• since: A UNIX timestamp or strtotime data value that points to the start of the time range to be searched. For more information on the accepted values, see: http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php
• until: A UNIX timestamp or strtotime data value that points to the end of the time range to be searched. For more information on the accepted values, see: http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php
• feed: If TRUE, the function will also return posts on the group that were made by others (not only the admin of the group). Note that, unlike in getPage, here TRUE is the default option.
• api: API version. e.g. "v2.8". NULL is the default.

Examples

## Not run:

## Find Facebook ID for R-Users Facebook group
load("fb_oauth")
ids <- searchGroup(name="rusers", token=fb_oauth)
 ids[1,] # id = 18533493739
## Downloading posts from R-Users Facebook group
 group <- getGroup(group_id=18533493739, token=fb_oauth)
## Downloading posts from R-Users Facebook group in January 2013
 group <- getGroup(group_id=18533493739, token=fb_oauth,
        since='2013/01/01', until='2013/01/31')
## End(Not run)

Author(s)

Pablo Barbera pablo.barbera@nyu.edu

See Also

getUsers, getPost, fbOAuth