get_latest_ask_stories function

Hacker News latest ask stories

Retrieves latest ask stories using Hacker News API

get_latest_ask_stories(max_items = NULL)

Arguments

• max_items: Maximum number of items to retrieve. If max_items = NULL, returns all available

Returns

list of latest ask HN stories ids

Details

Parallel api requests can be enabled by running future::plan(future::multiprocess)

Examples

# get the lastest ask story on Hacker News
latest_ask_story <- get_latest_ask_stories(max_items = 1)
latest_ask_story

# get 10 latest ask stories on Hacker News
latest_10_ask_stories <- get_latest_ask_stories(max_items = 10)
latest_10_ask_stories

# get all latest ask stories on Hacker News
latest_ask_stories <- get_latest_ask_stories()
latest_ask_stories