The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the ability of data scientists to provide information and knowledge at a global scale in real time. The world we live in today is more connected than it has ever been and data flows instantaneously, creating a global stream of conciousness that any individiual may tap into at any time.
The difficulty is sorting through the mass amount of data available and understanding how or why some piece of information is pertinent to you at any given time.
Be sure you have completed the rtweet setup tutorial first: rtweet setup tutorial Install Necessary Packages (Brandon) The first thing that is necessary to retrieve Twitter data is to install the rtweet package. To do this we will use the install.packages function in the console.
In the console, type:
install.packages("rtweet") This may take a while because there are alot of other packages that rtweet depends on that must be installed as well.
Step One: Create Twitter Account Make a Twitter account
https://twitter.com/login?lang=en Step Two: Apply for Dev Account You must apply for a Twitter dev account. Unfortunately (fortunately?), actual human beings over at Twitter HQ review access requests for developer API keys. Long story short, they need to make sure you're not a bot.
Acceptance might take hours-days. Check email frequently.
https://developer.twitter.com/en/apply-for-access You will be prompted to specify who you are and what you will be using your Twitter dev account for.