tidywikidatar (version 0.6.2)

tw_get_property_same_length: Get Wikidata property of an item as a vector or list of the same length as input

Description

Get Wikidata property of an item as a vector or list of the same length as input

Usage

tw_get_property_same_length(
  id,
  p,
  only_first = FALSE,
  preferred = FALSE,
  latest_start_time = FALSE,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  id_df = NULL,
  cache = NULL,
  overwrite_cache = FALSE,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE,
  wait = 0,
  retry = 10,
  user_agent = tidywikidatar::tw_get_user_agent()
)
tw_get_p(
  id,
  p,
  only_first = FALSE,
  preferred = FALSE,
  latest_start_time = FALSE,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  id_df = NULL,
  cache = NULL,
  overwrite_cache = FALSE,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE,
  wait = 0,
  retry = 10,
  user_agent = tidywikidatar::tw_get_user_agent()
)

Value

A list of the same length as input (or a character vector is only_first is set to TRUE)

Arguments

id

A character vector, must start with Q, e.g. "Q180099" for the anthropologist Margaret Mead. Can also be a data frame of one row, typically generated with tw_search() or a combination of tw_search() and tw_filter_first().

p

A character vector, a property. Must always start with the capital letter "P", e.g. "P31" for "instance of".

only_first

Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, it just keeps the first relevant property value for each id (or NA if none is available), and returns a character vector. Warning: this likely discards valid values, so make sure this is really what you want. If FALSE, returns a list of the same length as input, with all values for each id stored in a list if more than one is found.

preferred

Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, returns properties that have rank "preferred" if available; if no "preferred" property is found, then it is ignored.

latest_start_time

Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, returns the property that has the most recent start time ("P580") as qualifier if only_first is set to TRUE, or returns a list ordered by start time if only_first is set to FALSE. If no such qualifier is found, then it is ignored.

language

Defaults to language set with tw_set_language(); if not set, "en". Use "all_available" to keep all languages. For available language values, see the dedicated Wikimedia page.

id_df

Default to NULL. If given, it should be a dataframe typically generated with tw_get(), and is used instead of calling Wikidata or using SQLite cache. Ignored when id is of length more than one.

cache

Defaults to NULL. If given, it should be given either TRUE or FALSE. Typically set with tw_enable_cache() or tw_disable_cache().

overwrite_cache

Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, it overwrites the table in the local sqlite database. Useful if the original Wikidata object has been updated.

cache_connection

Defaults to NULL. If NULL, and caching is enabled, tidywikidatar will use a local sqlite database. A custom connection to other databases can be given (see vignette caching for details).

disconnect_db

Defaults to TRUE. If FALSE, leaves the connection to cache open.

wait

In seconds, defaults to 0. Time to wait between queries to Wikidata. If data are cached locally, wait time is not applied. If you are running many queries systematically you may want to add some waiting time between queries.

retry

Defaults to 10. Maximum number of times to retry if the API throws an error, such as "too many requests". Each time, it will wait as much time as requested by the API. Notice that this can be a long time, e.g. 30 minutes. Set to FALSE if you prefer the API to throw an error immediately. Consider adjusting the wait parameter, or customising the user_agent if relevant.

user_agent

Defaults to NULL. If not given, implicitly defaults to current package name (tidywikidatar) and version.

Examples

# By default, it returns a list of the same length as input,
# no matter how many values for each id/property


if (FALSE) {
  tw_get_property_same_length(
    id = c(
      "Q180099",
      "Q228822",
      "Q76857"
    ),
    p = "P26"
  )
  # Notice that if no relevant match is found, it returns a NA
  # This is useful for piped operations

  tibble::tibble(id = c(
    "Q180099",
    "Q228822",
    "Q76857"
  )) %>%
    dplyr::mutate(spouse = tw_get_property_same_length(id, "P26"))

  # Consider unnesting for further analysis

  tibble::tibble(id = c(
    "Q180099",
    "Q228822",
    "Q76857"
  )) %>%
    dplyr::mutate(spouse = tw_get_property_same_length(id, "P26")) %>%
    tidyr::unnest(cols = spouse)

  # If you are sure that you are interested only in the first return value,
  # consider setting only_first=TRUE to get a character vector rather than a list
  # Be mindful: you may well be discarding valid values.
  tibble::tibble(id = c(
    "Q180099",
    "Q228822",
    "Q76857"
  )) %>%
    dplyr::mutate(spouse = tw_get_property_same_length(id, "P26",
      only_first = TRUE
    ))
}
tw_get_p(id = "Q180099", "P26")