Extract data from group

[MLMarins]

Hello,

I went through the DEMO and I thought I could download all queries in a group, but in practice I got this error:
('No valid queries ids could be extracted', 'MyGroup')

In bwresources.py, it says:
def get_mention(self, **kwargs): Retrieves a single mention by url or resource id. This is ONLY a valid function for queries (not groups), which is why it isn't split out into bwdata.

Well, is there a way to download the data from all queries in a group in one call? Or at least interact with a list of queries?

Thanks!

[amybarker]

Yes - there is!

To download the data from all queries in a group in one call, use the get_mentions() function. You can achieve this in the DEMO by editing the first get_mentions() call in the 'Downloading Data' section to be run on groups instead of queries, and passing in a group name (see screenshot attached)

There are two similarly named functions, which I think you've confused above.
get_mentions() retrieves a list of mentions, works on both queries and groups, and is defined in the bwdata.py file
get_mention() retrieves only one mention by looking up a url or id, only works on queries, and is defined in the bwresources.py file
Here, you want to use the get_mentions() function.

Hope that helps!

[MLMarins]

Many thanks!