download_media {europeanaR}

Download Media

Description

Function that downloads media, using the response object of the Europeana search API. It uses the fields 'type' and 'edmIsShownBy' to retrieve the items and store them in a local folder.

Usage

download_media(resp, download_dir = NULL, type_ = NULL, quiet = TRUE)

Arguments

resp

an S3 object of type 'europeana_search_api' or 'cursored_search'

download_dir

destination directory. If 'NULL' then 'tempdir()' is used

type_

string in 'c("TEXT", "IMAGE", "SOUND", "VIDEO", "3D")'

quiet

boolean to suppress download file messages

Value

destination folder

Examples

#set your API key with set_key(api_key = "XXXX")
#example_1
resp <- query_search_api("arioch", rows = 2)
download_media(resp, type = "IMAGE")

#example_2 bulk download
res_bulk <- tidy_cursored_search(query = "animal",
                                 qf = "when:17 AND what:painting",
                                 max_items = 3)
download_media(res_bulk)