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Get Page Info Dataset for a Specific Country

Source: R/get_page_insights.R
get_additional_page_info_db.Rd

Downloads the historical Facebook or Instagram page info dataset for a given ISO2C country code. The data is retrieved from a fixed GitHub release URL in .parquet format. It includes information on:

  • Page-level metadata (e.g., name, verification status, profile type)

  • Audience metrics (e.g., number of likes, Instagram followers)

  • Shared disclaimers (if applicable)

  • Page creation and name change events with timestamps

  • Contact and address information (if available)

  • Free-text descriptions ("about" section)

Usage

get_additional_page_info_db(iso2c, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

iso2c

A string specifying the ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., "DE", "FR", "US").

verbose

Logical. If TRUE (default), prints a status message when downloading.

Value

A tibble containing Facebook page info for the specified country. If the dataset is not available or cannot be retrieved, a tibble with no_data = TRUE and the given iso2c code is returned.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  de_info <- get_page_info_db("DE")
  fr_info <- get_page_info_db("FR")
} # }