Tools for Wikidata and Wikipedia

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Documentation for package ‘wikiTools’ version 1.2.7

• DESCRIPTION file.
• User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.

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cc	Converts a text separated by commas into a character vector.
checkEntities	Check if all Wikidata entities in entity_list have valid values
checkTitles	checkTitles(titles) Check if titles are valid. Return TRUE is all titles are valid, else FALSE. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_name#Technical_restrictions_and_limitations
doChunks	Execute a function in chunks.
extractWiki	Extract the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article with a maximum of characters.
filext	Extract the extension of a file
getFiles	Downloads a list of files in a specified path of the computer, and return a vector of the no-found names (if any).
getWikiData	Create a data.frame with Wikidata of a vector of names.
getWikiFiles	Downloads a list of Wikipedia pages in a specified path of the computer, and return a vector of the no-found names (if any).
getWikiInf	Create a data.frame with Q's and descriptions of a vector of names.
httrGetJSON	httrGetJSON Retrieve responses in JSON format using httr::GET. It is a generic function to use for request these Wikimedia metrics API: https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/API/Page (xtools.wmflabs.org)
limitRequester	Limits the rate at which a function will execute
m_Opensearch	Open search of a string
m_Pageviews	Get number of views of a Wikipedia article
m_reqMediaWiki	Retrieve responses using the MediaWiki API.
m_XtoolsInfo	Gets various information from a Wikimedia page
nametoWikiFrame	Convert names into a Wikipedia's iframe
nametoWikiHtml	Create the Wikipedia link of a name or entry.
nametoWikiURL	Create the Wikipedia URL of a name or entry.
normalizedTitle	Return the normalized and redirect title from the response
preName	Reverse the order of the first and last names of every element of a vector.
reqMediaWiki	Uses httr package to retrieve responses using the MediaWiki API.
reqWDQS	Get responses from Wikidata Query Service
searchWiki	Find if there is a Wikipedia page of a name(s) in the selected language.
urltoFrame	Convert an URL link to an HTML iframe.
urltoHtml	Convert a Wikipedia URL to an HTML link
user_agent	See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
validUrl	Find if an URL link is valid.
v_AutoSuggest	Suggests VIAF id from a name
v_Extract	Gets information from a VIAF record
v_GetRecord	Gets record clusters
v_Search	Run a CQL Query in VIAF
w_EntityInfo	Get information about a Wikimedia entity (human or film)
w_Geoloc	Get Latitude and Longitude coordinates, and Country of places
w_isInstanceOf	Check if a Wikidata entity is an instance of a class
w_isValid	Check if Wikidata entities are valid
w_LabelDesc	Return label and/or descriptions of Wikidata entities
w_Property	Get properties of Wikidata entities
w_query	Response from Wikidata Query Service
w_SearchByAuthority	Get entities that have identifier in a database or authorities' catalog.
w_SearchByIdentifiers	Search for entities that may match identifiers in a database or authorities' catalog.
w_SearchByInstanceof	Get entities which are instance of a Wikidata entity
w_SearchByLabel	Search Wikidata entities by string (usually labels)
w_SearchByOccupation	Get Wikidata entities with a certain occupation
w_Wikipedias	Get Wikipedia pages of Wikidata entities