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WikipediR (version 1.3.0)

A MediaWiki API Wrapper

Description

A wrapper for the MediaWiki API, aimed particularly at the Wikimedia 'production' wikis, such as Wikipedia. It can be used to retrieve page text, information about users or the history of pages, and elements of the category tree.

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install.packages('WikipediR')

Monthly Downloads

4,343

Version

1.3.0

License

MIT + file LICENSE

Issues

10

Pull Requests

2

Stars

71

Forks

18

Maintainer

Oliver Keyes

Last Published

January 13th, 2016

Functions in WikipediR (1.3.0)

query

base query function
WikipediR-package

WikipediR, the MediaWiki API wrapper
random_page

Retrieve the page content of a random MediaWiki page
page_links

Retrieve a page's links
page_content

Retrieves MediaWiki page content
categories_in_page

Retrieves categories associated with a page.
user_information

Retrieve user information
revision_content

Retrieves MediaWiki revisions
page_info

Retrieve information about a particular page
page_backlinks

Retrieve a page's backlinks
pages_in_category

Retrieves a list of category members.
user_contributions

Retrieve user contributions
revision_diff

Generates a "diff" between a pair of revisions
recent_changes

Retrieves entries from the RecentChanges feed
page_external_links

Retrieve a page's links