find_item: Search for Wikidata items or properties that match a search term
Description
find_item and find_property allow you to retrieve a set
of Wikidata items or properties where the aliase or descriptions match a particular
search term. As with other WikidataR code, custom print methods are available;
use str to manipulate and see the underlying structure of the data.
Usage
find_item(search_term, language = "en", limit = 10, ...)
find_property(search_term, language = "en", limit = 10)
Arguments
search_term
a term to search for.
language
the language to return the labels and descriptions in; this should
consist of an ISO language code. Set to "en" by default.
limit
the number of results to return; set to 10 by default.
...
further arguments to pass to httr's GET.
See Also
get_random for selecting a random item or property,
or get_item for selecting a specific item or property.
#Check for entries relating to Douglas Adams in some wayadams_items <- find_item("Douglas Adams")
#Check for properties involving the peeragepeerage_props <- find_property("peerage")