The goal of walmartAPI is to give access to the API created by walmartlabs to search products, locate stores etc etc.
To use this package you will need an API key which you can acquire by signing up on this website https://developer.walmartlabs.com/member.
You can install walmartAPI from github with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("EmilHvitfeldt/walmartAPI")This package provides a handful for functionalities. We are able to look up a specific product based on an ID.
library(tidyverse)
library(walmartAPI)
key <- "************************"
walmartAPI::lookup(id = 19336123, key = key)#> # A tibble: 1 x 15
#> itemId name msrp
#> <int> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 19336123 Intex Krystal Clear Saltwater System 15,000 Gallon 299.99
#> # ... with 12 more variables: salePrice <dbl>, upc <chr>,
#> # categoryPath <chr>, longDescription <chr>, thumbnailImage <chr>,
#> # productTrackingUrl <chr>, standardShipRate <dbl>, marketplace <lgl>,
#> # productUrl <chr>, availableOnline <lgl>, offerType <chr>,
#> # shippingPassEligible <lgl>search in products using plain text
walmartAPI::search("ipod", key = key)#> # A tibble: 10 x 15
#> itemId
#> <int>
#> 1 42608125
#> 2 42608121
#> 3 22288784
#> 4 541357139
#> 5 49802795
#> 6 54203936
#> 7 50689211
#> 8 12510108
#> 9 173544522
#> 10 172440769
#> # ... with 14 more variables: name <chr>, msrp <dbl>, salePrice <dbl>,
#> # upc <chr>, categoryPath <chr>, longDescription <chr>,
#> # thumbnailImage <chr>, productTrackingUrl <chr>,
#> # standardShipRate <dbl>, marketplace <lgl>, productUrl <chr>,
#> # availableOnline <lgl>, offerType <chr>, shippingPassEligible <lgl>and locate stores in your area
store_locator(city = "Houston", key = key)#> # A tibble: 86 x 12
#> no name country lon lat
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 5959 Houston Walmart US -95.40132 29.77282
#> 2 5612 Houston Walmart Supercenter US -95.31293 29.71622
#> 3 4526 Houston Walmart Supercenter US -95.37707 29.82985
#> 4 3640 Houston Walmart Supercenter US -95.46515 29.78876
#> 5 3584 Houston Walmart Supercenter US -95.46501 29.72305
#> 6 2718 Houston Walmart US -95.45750 29.67688
#> 7 2066 Houston Walmart Supercenter US -95.51169 29.73549
#> 8 5094 Houston Walmart Neighborhood Market US -95.49547 29.67444
#> 9 2257 Houston Walmart Supercenter US -95.50908 29.85391
#> 10 2724 Pasadena Walmart Supercenter US -95.21038 29.69344
#> # ... with 76 more rows, and 7 more variables: streetAddress <chr>,
#> # city <chr>, stateProvCode <chr>, zip <chr>, phoneNumber <chr>,
#> # sundayOpen <lgl>, timezone <chr>