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R: Retrieve Blog's Info.

info.blog

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Retrieve Blog's Info.

Description

Returns general information about the blog, such as the title, number of posts, and other high-level data.

Usage

info.blog(base_hostname = NA, api_key = NA)

Arguments

`base_hostname`	The standard or custom blog hostname. See Details.
`api_key`	Your OAuth Consumer Key.

Details

Each blog has a unique hostname. The hostname can be standard or custom. Standard hostname: the blog short name + .tumblr.com. Custom hostname: Anything at all, as determined by a DNS CNAME entry. The API uses three different levels of authentication, depending on the method. None: No authentication. Anybody can query the method. API key: Requires an API key. Use your OAuth Consumer Key as your api_key. OAuth: Requires a signed request that meets the OAuth 1.0a Protocol.

Value

A list object with the following fields:

`title`	A string. The display title of the blog.
`posts`	A number. The total number of posts to this blog.
`name`	A string. The short blog name that appears before tumblr.com in a standard blog hostname (and before the domain in a custom blog hostname).
`updated`	A number. The time of the most recent post, in seconds since the epoch.
`description`	A string. The description of the blog.
`ask`	A boolean. Indicates whether the blog allows questions.
`ask_anon`	A boolean. Indicates whether the blog allows anonymous questions. Returned only if ask is TRUE.
`likes`	A number. Number of likes for this user. Returned only if this is the primary blog of the user and sharing of likes is enabled.

Author(s)

Andrea Capozio

References

https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2

Examples

## Not run: 	
## An example of an authenticated request,
## where api_key is fictitious.
## You can obtain your own at https://www.tumblr.com/oauth/apps

api_key <- "key"

## you must specify a real blog for base_hostname

base_hostname <- "blogname.tumblr.com"

info.blog(base_hostname = base_hostname, api_key = api_key)

## End(Not run)