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find_item {WikidataR} | R Documentation

## Search for Wikidata items or properties that match a search term

### Description

`find_item` and `find_property` allow you to retrieve a set of Wikidata items or properties where the aliase or descriptions match a particular search term. As with other `WikidataR` code, custom print methods are available; use `str` to manipulate and see the underlying structure of the data.

### Usage

    find_item(search_term, language = "en", limit = 10, ...)

    find_property(search_term, language = "en", limit = 10)

### Arguments

`search_term` | a term to search for.
`language` | the language to return the labels and descriptions in; this should consist of an ISO language code. Set to "en" by default.
`limit` | the number of results to return; set to 10 by default.
`...` | further arguments to pass to httr's GET.

### See Also

`get_random` for selecting a random item or property, or `get_item` for selecting a specific item or property.

### Examples

    #Check for entries relating to Douglas Adams in some way
    adams_items <- find_item("Douglas Adams")

    #Check for properties involving the peerage
    peerage_props <- find_property("peerage")

[Package WikidataR version 1.4.0 Index]