This function accepts a hashtag, without the "#" symbol and returns the similar hashtags. You can then use ig_get_hashtag_feed to return all posts associated with that hashtag.
ig_search_tags(hashtag, max_id = NULL, return_df = TRUE, paginate = TRUE, max_pages = 10, verbose = FALSE)
| hashtag | character; do not include the hashtag (pound sign) at the beginning of the string |
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| max_id | integer; the unique id identifying the oldest post that you would want to retrieve in this function call |
| return_df | logical; do you want to return the results as a |
| paginate | logical; do you want to paginate through results or just return the first page? |
| max_pages | integer; a limit to the number of pages to retrieve from paginated endpoints. Instagram feeds have the potential to paginate forever, so by default we stop after pulling 10 pages. If you would like more or less pages returned, then modify this argument. |
| verbose | logical; do you want informative messages? |
# search for posts using the #belieber hashtag belieber_posts <- ig_search_tags("belieber")