Retrieve all Kijiji ads

Source: R/getAds.R

This function retrieves all ads from a Kijiji search URL. Third party ads are removed.

all_KijijiAds(URL, exclude = NULL, pages = 3, outputFile = NULL)

Arguments

URL

character, the address after doing a specific search on Kijiji
exclude

vector, keywords to remove unwanted ads
pages

numeric, total amount of pages to look for ads
outputFile

character, name of the output file to save the retrieved ads. If NULL it will return a list of ads

Value

list of ads

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Retrieve all ads renting an apartment 3 1/2 in Montreal
# Exclude ads looking for an exchange
# And save the result in the 'ads.json' file
URL <- 'https://www.kijiji.ca/b-a-louer/ville-de-montreal/3-1-2/k0c30349001l1700281?price=__860'
all_KijijiAds(URL, exclude = 'echange', pages = 3, outputFile = 'ads.json')
}