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Pay per usage

CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics

Extract comprehensive metadata from CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) packages including descriptions, versions, dependencies, reverse dependencies, publication dates, authors, DOIs, vignettes, and download links. Perfect for R ecosystem research, dependency analysis, and package discovery.

Pricing

Pay per usage

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0.0

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Developer

Pierrick McD0nald

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Monthly active users

2 days ago

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You can access the CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

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OpenAPI

HTTP

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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "packageNames": [
12        "ggplot2",
13        "dplyr",
14        "shiny"
15    ],
16    "maxItems": 10,
17    "includeDetails": true,
18    "proxyConfiguration": {
19        "useApifyProxy": true
20    }
21};
22
23// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
24const run = await client.actor("klondikeking/cran-r-packages-scraper").call(input);
25
26// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
27console.log('Results from dataset');
28console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
29const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
30items.forEach((item) => {
31    console.dir(item);
32});
33
34// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata & Dependencies API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics API in Python

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CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics OpenAPI definition

CRAN R Packages Scraper - Metadata, Dependencies & Analytics API

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