Load Libraries

library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(jsonlite)
library(XML)
library(RCurl)

Get Url and Get JSOn file with API Key

times_url <-"https://api.nytimes.com/svc/topstories/v2/world.json"
df.times_url<-fromJSON(getForm(times_url, .params = c("api-key" ="3590677d16aa428aaf413d36dc0c1213")))
class(df.times_url)
## [1] "list"

Covert List to data frame

df.times<-as.data.frame(df.times_url$results)
class(df.times)
## [1] "data.frame"
names(df.times)
##  [1] "section"             "subsection"          "title"              
##  [4] "abstract"            "url"                 "byline"             
##  [7] "item_type"           "updated_date"        "created_date"       
## [10] "published_date"      "material_type_facet" "kicker"             
## [13] "des_facet"           "org_facet"           "per_facet"          
## [16] "geo_facet"           "multimedia"          "short_url"

Extract a subset of data

t(head(subset(df.times, select = c(title,byline,abstract,url))))
##          1                                                                                                                                              
## title    "Jair Bolsonaro, Far-Right Populist, Elected President of Brazil"                                                                              
## byline   "By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and SHASTA DARLINGTON"                                                                                                     
## abstract "After choosing leftist presidents in four successive elections, Brazilians opted for a radical new course for Latin America’s largest nation."
## url      "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/americas/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election.html"                                                        
##          2                                                                                                                                             
## title    "Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis Turns Deadly"                                                                                                   
## byline   "By DHARISHA BASTIANS and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN"                                                                                                  
## abstract "The bodyguard of a former cabinet minister was accused of firing on a crowd on Sunday, killing one person and seriously wounding two others."
## url      "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/asia/sri-lanka-political-crisis.html"                                                               
##          3                                                                                                                                                             
## title    "As Rich Nations Close the Door on Refugees, Uganda Welcomes Them"                                                                                            
## byline   "By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN"                                                                                                                                         
## abstract "In Uganda, refugees are given land, the right to work, and freedom to move around. And far from prompting a backlash, Ugandans remain welcoming of refugees."
## url      "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/africa/uganda-refugees.html"                                                                                        
##          4                                                                                                                                                                     
## title    "Brazil’s Polarizing New President, Jair Bolsonaro, in His Own Words"                                                                                                 
## byline   "By MARIANA SIMÕES"                                                                                                                                                   
## abstract "Brazil's new leader has made countless divisive statements about torture, democracy, women, gay people and others during his rise to power. We look at some of them."
## url      "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/americas/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-quotes.html"                                                                       
##          5                                                                                                                                                            
## title    "They Escaped China’s Crackdown, but Now Wait in Limbo"                                                                                                      
## byline   "By CHRISTINA ANDERSON and CHRIS BUCKLEY"                                                                                                                    
## abstract "An ethnic Uighur Muslim family’s struggle to stay in Sweden illustrates the risks for a people whose plight, until recently, had received little attention."
## url      "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/world/asia/china-uighurs-sweden-asylum.html"                                                                             
##          6                                                                                                                                                                                
## title    "‘They Don’t Have Money’: Greece’s Prostitutes Hit Hard by Financial Crisis"                                                                                                     
## byline   "By ILIANA MAGRA"                                                                                                                                                                
## abstract "An industry that has seen most everything is suffering under rock-bottom prices after a decade-long crisis left no profession unscathed, degrading the lives of Greek citizens."
## url      "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/world/europe/prostitutes-greece-crisis.html"