if (FALSE) {
## CNN twitter accounts
users <- c("cnn", "cnnbrk", "cnni", "cnnpolitics", "cnnmoney",
"cnnnewsroom", "cnnspecreport", "CNNNewsource",
"CNNNSdigital", "CNNTonight")
## create CNN-accounts list with 9 total users
(cnn_lst <- post_list(users,
"cnn-accounts", description = "Official CNN accounts"))
## view list in browser
browseURL(sprintf("https://twitter.com/%s/lists/cnn-accounts",
rtweet:::home_user()))
## search for more CNN users
cnn_users <- search_users("CNN", n = 200)
## filter and select more users to add to list
more_users <- cnn_users %>%
subset(verified & !tolower(screen_name) %in% tolower(users)) %>%
.$screen_name %>%
grep("cnn", ., ignore.case = TRUE, value = TRUE)
## add more users to list- note: can only add up to 100 at a time
post_list(users = more_users, slug = "cnn-accounts")
## view updated list in browser (should be around 100 users)
browseURL(sprintf("https://twitter.com/%s/lists/cnn-accounts",
rtweet:::home_user()))
## select users on list without "cnn" in their name field
drop_users <- cnn_users %>%
subset(screen_name %in% more_users & !grepl("cnn", name, ignore.case = TRUE)) %>%
.$screen_name
## drop these users from the cnn list
post_list(users = drop_users, slug = "cnn-accounts",
destroy = TRUE)
## view updated list in browser (should be around 100 users)
browseURL(sprintf("https://twitter.com/%s/lists/cnn-accounts",
rtweet:::home_user()))
## delete list entirely
post_list(slug = "cnn-accounts", destroy = TRUE)
}
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