get_top_stories function

Hacker News top stories

Retrieves top stories using Hacker News API

get_top_stories(max_items = NULL)

Arguments

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

Returns

List of top stories

Details

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

Examples

# get the top story on Hacker News
top_story <- get_top_stories(max_items = 1)
top_story

# get all top stories on Hacker News
top_stories <- get_top_stories()
top_stories