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WikidataR

An R API wrapper for the Wikidata store of semantic data.

Author: Oliver Keyes & Christian Graul License: MIT Status: Stable

Description

WikidataR is a wrapper around the Wikidata API. It is written in and for R, and was inspired by Christian Graul's rwikidata project. For details on how to best use it, see the explanatory vignette.

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

Installation

For the most recent CRAN version:

install.packages("WikidataR")

For the development version:

library(devtools)
devtools::install_github("ironholds/WikidataR")

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install.packages('WikidataR')

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1.3.0

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MIT + file LICENSE

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Oliver Keyes

Last Published

May 17th, 2017

Functions in WikidataR (1.3.0)

get_random_item

Retrieve randomly-selected Wikidata items or properties
print.find_item

Print method for find_item
find_item

Search for Wikidata items or properties that match a search term
get_geo_box

Get geographic entities based on a bounding box
print.find_property

Print method for find_property
print.wikidata

Print method for Wikidata objects
get_geo_entity

Retrieve geographic information from Wikidata
get_item

Retrieve specific Wikidata items or properties
WikidataR

API client library for Wikidata
extract_claims

Extract Claims from Returned Item Data