get_instance function

Get various information about a specific instance

get_instance_general(instance = NULL, token = NULL, anonymous = TRUE)

get_instance_peers(instance = NULL, token = NULL, anonymous = TRUE)

get_instance_activity(instance = NULL, token = NULL, anonymous = TRUE)

get_instance_emoji(instance = NULL, token = NULL, anonymous = TRUE)

get_instance_directory(
  instance = NULL,
  token = NULL,
  offset = 0,
  limit = 40,
  order = "active",
  local = FALSE,
  anonymous = TRUE,
  parse = TRUE
)

get_instance_trends(
  instance = NULL,
  token = NULL,
  limit = 10,
  anonymous = TRUE
)

get_instance_rules(instance = NULL, token = NULL, anonymous = FALSE)

get_instance_blocks(instance = NULL, token = NULL, anonymous = TRUE)

Arguments

• instance: character, the server name of the instance where the status is located. If NULL, the same instance used to obtain the token is used.
• token: user bearer token (read from file by default)
• anonymous: logical, should the API call be made anonymously? Defaults to TRUE but some instances might need authentication here
• offset: How many accounts to skip before returning results. Default 0.
• limit: integer, Maximum number of results to return
• order: 'active' to sort by most recently posted statuses (default) or 'new' to sort by most recently created profiles.
• local: logical, show only local accounts?
• parse: logical, if TRUE, the default, returns a tibble. Use FALSE to return the "raw" list corresponding to the JSON returned from the Mastodon API.

Returns

instance details as list or tibble depending on call function

Details

• get_instance_general: Returns general information about the instance
• get_instance_peers: Returns the peers of an instance
• get_instance_activity: Shows the weekly activity of the instance (3 months)
• get_instance_emoji: Lists custom emojis available on the instance
• get_instance_directory: A directory of profiles that the instance is aware of
• get_instance_trends: Tags that are being used more frequently within the past week
• get_instance_rules: Prints the rules of an instance
• get_instance_blocks: List of domains that are blocked by an instance.

Examples

## Not run:

 get_instance_general("mastodon.social")
 get_instance_activity("mastodon.social")
 get_instance_emoji("mastodon.social")
 get_instance_peers("mastodon.social")
 get_instance_directory("mastodon.social",limit = 2)
## End(Not run)