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Search for Wikidata properties in Wikidata and return Wikidata id, label, and description.

Source: R/tw_search.R
tw_search_item.Rd

This search returns only items, use tw_search_property() for properties.

Usage

tw_search_item(
  search,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  response_language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  limit = 10,
  include_search = FALSE,
  wait = 0,
  cache = NULL,
  overwrite_cache = FALSE,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE
)

Arguments

search

A string to be searched in Wikidata

language

Language to be used for the search. Can be set once per session with tw_set_language(). If not set, defaults to "en". For a full list, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all

response_language

Language to be used for the returned labels and descriptions. Corresponds to the uselang parameter of the MediaWiki API: https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=wbsearchentities. Can be set once per session with tw_set_language(). If not set, defaults to "en". For a full list, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Wikimedia_language_codes/lists/all

limit

Maximum numbers of responses to be given.

include_search

Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, the search is returned as an additional column.

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.

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

Defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, overwrites cache.

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.

Value

A data frame (a tibble) with three columns (id, label, and description), and as many rows as there are results (by default, limited to 10).

Examples

tw_search_item(search = "Sylvia Pankhurst")
#> # A tibble: 2 × 3
#>   id        label            description                               
#>   <chr>     <chr>            <chr>                                     
#> 1 Q298213   Sylvia Pankhurst English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)
#> 2 Q24298894 Sylvia Pankhurst sculpture in Mile End Park, London