query_wikidata {WikidataQueryServiceR}

Send one or more SPARQL queries to WDQS

Description

Makes a POST request to Wikidata Query Service SPARQL endpoint.

Usage

query_wikidata(sparql_query, format = c("simple", "smart"))

Arguments

sparql_query

SPARQL query (can be a vector of queries)

format

"simple" uses CSV and returns pure character data frame, while "smart" fetches JSON-formatted data and returns a data frame with datetime columns converted to POSIXct

Value

A tibble data frame

Query limits

There is a hard query deadline configured which is set to 60 seconds. There are also following limits:

• One client (user agent + IP) is allowed 60 seconds of processing time each 60 seconds

• One client is allowed 30 error queries per minute See query limits section in the WDQS user manual for more information.

See Also

get_example

Examples

sparql_query <- "SELECT
  ?softwareVersion ?publicationDate
WHERE {
  BIND(wd:Q206904 AS ?R)
  ?R p:P348 [
    ps:P348 ?softwareVersion;
    pq:P577 ?publicationDate
  ] .
}"
query_wikidata(sparql_query)

## Not run: 
query_wikidata(sparql_query, format = "smart")

## End(Not run)