europeanaR (version 0.1.0)

download_media: Download Media

Description

Function that downloads media, using the response object of the Europeana search API. It uses the fields `type` and `edmIsShownBy` to retrieve the items and store them in a local folder.

Usage

download_media(resp, download_dir = NULL, type_ = NULL, quiet = TRUE)

Arguments

resp

an S3 object of type `europeana_search_api` or `cursored_search`

download_dir

destination directory. If `NULL` then `tempdir()` is used

type_

string in `c("TEXT", "IMAGE", "SOUND", "VIDEO", "3D")`

quiet

boolean to suppress download file messages

Value

destination folder

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#set your API key with set_key(api_key = "XXXX")
#example_1
resp <- query_search_api("arioch", rows = 2)
download_media(resp, type = "IMAGE")

#example_2 bulk download
res_bulk <- tidy_cursored_search(query = "animal",
                                 qf = "when:17 AND what:painting",
                                 max_items = 3)
download_media(res_bulk)
# }