genderizeR (version 1.0.0)

genderizeAPI: Getting data from genderize.io API

Description

genderizeAPI connects with genderize.io API and checks if a term (one or more) is in the given names database and returns its gender probability and count.

Usage

genderizeAPI(x)

Arguments

x

A vector of terms to check in genderize.io database.

Value

• A data frame with names' gener probabilities and counts. NULL if a given name is not located in the genderize.io database.

Examples

x = c("Winston J. Durant, ASHP past president, dies at 84",
"Gold Badge of Honour of the DGAI Prof. Dr. med. Norbert R. Roewer Wuerzburg",
"The contribution of professor Yu.S. Martynov (1921-2008) to Russian neurology",
"JAN BASZKIEWICZ (3 JANUARY 1930 - 27 JANUARY 2011) IN MEMORIAM",
"Maria Sklodowska-Curie")

terms= textPrepare(x)
terms
genderizeAPI(terms)