fxn to coerce folder path of xml/pdf files to ft object to use downstream

[sckott]

from #142

I was wondering if it is possible to create an ft class object from the xml files that are stored ...

look into this

[sckott]

@lucymerobinson can you install from master remotes::install_github("ropensci/fulltext") and try the function as.ft_data() , see its examples

[ghost]

thanks @sckott
the object returned by .as.ft_data doesn't seem to work quite in the same way as the one created by ft_search %>% ft_get %>% ft_collect. So when I use

test <- as.ft_data()

test_text <- test %>% ft_collect() %>% ft_chunks(what="abstract") %>% ft_tabularize()

test_text$cached

data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows

[sckott]

okay, thanks. will have a look

[sckott]

@lucymerobinson can you reinstall and try again. i think it's fixed.