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I am trying to use the gtrends package but I keep getting the following error:

dp <- gtrends("Donald Drumpf", res="7d")
Error in .processResults(resultsText, queryparams) : 
  could not find function "trimws"

Here is the full code:

library(gtrendsR)
dp <- gtrends("Donald Drumpf", res="7d")
plot(dp) + ggplot2::ggtitle("The Drumpf") + ggplot2::theme(legend.position="none")

You might have to use the gconnect() function to get it to work.

Thanks!

EDIT: Here is the sessionInfo() output:

R version 3.1.3 (2015-03-09)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 8 x64 (build 9200)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=Portuguese_Brazil.1252  LC_CTYPE=Portuguese_Brazil.1252   
[3] LC_MONETARY=Portuguese_Brazil.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C                      
[5] LC_TIME=Portuguese_Brazil.1252    

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] gtrendsR_1.3.3

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] bitops_1.0-6     colorspace_1.2-4 ggplot2_2.0.0    googleVis_0.5.10
 [5] grid_3.1.3       gtable_0.1.2     lattice_0.20-30  munsell_0.4.2   
 [9] plyr_1.8.3       Rcpp_0.11.4      RCurl_1.95-4.5   RJSONIO_1.3-0   
[13] scales_0.3.0     tools_3.1.3      zoo_1.7-11
user191919
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  • I had issues with the package also. Perhaps official issue reports may be necessary. [Issues with gtrendsR queries](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35878239/issues-with-gtrendsr-queries) – Pierre L Mar 11 '16 at 14:19
  • That's strange, it worked fine for me. Can you please include `sessionInfo()` in your question? – nrussell Mar 11 '16 at 14:21
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    I suspect it is the same function that I had issues with `.processResults`. Code here at github https://github.com/PMassicotte/gtrendsR/blob/master/R/gtrends.R#L500 – Pierre L Mar 11 '16 at 14:23
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    It looks like `trimws` [was added](https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/NEWS) in R version 3.2.0. Maybe the package could provide that function for users running R < 3.2.0 since its [definition](https://gist.github.com/nathan-russell/6b3a630f52da8eb52463) is pretty simple. – nrussell Mar 11 '16 at 14:26
  • @nrussell put it as answer – jangorecki Mar 12 '16 at 19:19
  • It was just a matter of updating my `R` version. Should I post ir as an answer? – user191919 Mar 15 '16 at 17:25

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Just for the sake of completeness. I tested it with different R versions (below 3.2 and beyond). R below 3.2 is definitely the reason it does not work. trimws is only available in more recent versions. Update R and it'll work.

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It works for me. just need to remove res='7d' dp <- gtrends("Donald Drumpf") plot(dp) + ggplot2::ggtitle("The Drumpf") + ggplot2::theme(legend.position="none") This is the output I have just updated to latest R version 3.4.0 (2017-04-21)Trump Trends

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