Chapter 6 Acquire data

In this chapter you will learn:

… introduction, and outline of the chapter

6.1 Structured data

I will start by working with data that is already in a structured format. One common way that structured data can be acquired is through R packages via Automatic Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Here are a few potential R packages that have API access to structure text data:

  • gutenbergr
  • rtweet
  • newsanchor
  • etc.

6.2 Semi-structured data

6.3 Un-structured data

Activities