This function accepts a username, without the "@" symbol and finds matching
user profiles. This is helpful when you do not know a user's name exactly and
need to get their user_id. If you know the username exactly then you can
use ig_get_user_profile to pull the profile information without searching.
ig_search_users(username, max_id = NULL, return_df = TRUE, paginate = TRUE, max_pages = 10, verbose = FALSE)
| username | character; the username of the Instagram user. Omit the "@" symbol that is typically used when referencing another user |
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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 usernames like Justin Bieber bieber_users <- ig_search_users("justinbieb")#> Error: Status: fail #> Message: login_required