Get Published Time from Goodreads

This function takes a file path containing Goodreads book IDs and retrieves the published time for each book.

Usage

get_published_time(file_path)

Arguments

file_path

A character string specifying the path to the file containing Goodreads book IDs.

Value

A named list where each element contains the book information for a book.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Create a temporary file with sample book IDs
temp_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
writeLines(c("1420", "2767052", "10210"), temp_file)
# Run the function
published_times <- get_published_time(temp_file)
print(published_times)
#> $`1420`
#> [1] "First published January 1, 1601"
#> 
#> $`2767052`
#> [1] "First published September 14, 2008"
#> 
#> $`10210`
#> [1] "First published October 16, 1847"
#> 
# Clean up: remove the temporary file
file.remove(temp_file)
#> [1] TRUE
# }