| get_item {WikidataR} | R Documentation |
Retrieve specific Wikidata items or properties
Description
get_item and get_property allow you to retrieve the data associated
with individual Wikidata items and properties, respectively. As with
other WikidataR code, custom print methods are available; use str
to manipulate and see the underlying structure of the data.
Usage
get_item(id, ...)
get_property(id, ...)
Arguments
id |
the ID number(s) of the item or property you're looking for. This can be in various formats; either a numeric value ("200"), the full name ("Q200") or even with an included namespace ("Property:P10") - the function will format it appropriately. This function is vectorised and will happily accept multiple IDs. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
See Also
get_random for selecting a random item or property,
or find_item for using search functionality to pull out
item or property IDs where the descriptions or aliases match a particular
search term.
Examples
#Retrieve a specific item
adams_metadata <- get_item("42")
#Retrieve a specific property
object_is_child <- get_property("P40")