wikiTools (version 1.2.8)

w_EntityInfo: Get information about a Wikimedia entity (human or film)

Description

Get labels, descriptions and some properties of the Wikidata entities in entity_list, for person or films. If person, the information returned is about labels, descriptions, birth and death dates and places, occupations, works, education sites, awards, identifiers in some databases, Wikipedia page titles (which can be limited to the languages in the wikilangs parameter, etc. If films, information is about title, directors, screenwriter, castmember, producers, etc.

Usage

w_EntityInfo(
  entity_list,
  mode = "default",
  langsorder = "",
  wikilangs = "",
  nlimit = MW_LIMIT,
  debug = FALSE
)

Value

A data-frame with the properties of the entity. Also index is set to entity_list.

Arguments

entity_list

The Wikidata entities to search for properties (person or films.

mode

In "default" mode, the list of entities is expected to correspond to person, obtaining information related to person. If the mode is "film", information related to films will be requested. If the mode is "tiny" less properties are requested.

langsorder

Order of languages in which the information will be returned, separated with '|'. If no information is given in the first language, next is used. For label and description, English is used for language failback, if they are not in English, then information is returned in any else language. The language for label and description are also returned. If langsorder=='', then no other information than labels or descriptions are returned in any language, only Wikidata entities, else, use the order in this parameter to retrieve information.

wikilangs

List of languages to limit the search of Wikipedia pages, using "|" as separator. Wikipedias pages are returned in same order as languages in this parameter. If wikilangs='' the function returns Wikipedia pages in any language, not sorted.

nlimit

If the number of entities exceeds this number, chunked queries are done. This is the number of entities requested in each chunk. Please, reduce the default value if error is raised.

debug

For debugging (info or query)

Author

Angel Zazo, Department of Computer Science and Automatics, University of Salamanca

Examples

if (FALSE) {
df <- w_EntityInfo(entity_list='Q134644', langsorder='es|en')
df <- w_EntityInfo(entity_list='Q134644', langsorder='es|en', wikilangs='es|en|fr')
df <- w_EntityInfo(c('Q270510', 'Q1675466', 'Q24871'), mode='film',
                   langsorder='es|en', wikilangs='es|en|fr')
# Search string 'abba' inlabel
w <- w_SearchByLabel('abba', mode='inlabel', langsorder = '', instanceof = 'Q5')
df <- w_EntityInfo(w$entity, langsorder='en', wikilangs='en|es|fr', debug='info')
# Search 3D films
w <- w_SearchByInstanceof(instanceof='Q229390', langsorder = 'en|es', debug = 'info')
df <- w_EntityInfo(w$entity, mode="film", langsorder='en', wikilangs='en', debug='info')
}