| wt_wikicommons {wikitaxa} | R Documentation |
WikiCommons
wt_wikicommons(name, utf8 = TRUE, ...)
wt_wikicommons_parse(page, types = c("langlinks", "iwlinks", "externallinks",
"common_names", "classification"), tidy = FALSE)
wt_wikicommons_search(query, limit = 10, offset = 0, utf8 = TRUE, ...)
name |
(character) Wiki name - as a page title, must be length 1 |
utf8 |
(logical) If 'TRUE', encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences. Default: 'TRUE' |
... |
curl options, passed on to [httr::GET()] |
page |
([httr::response()]) Result of [wt_wiki_page()] |
types |
(character) List of properties to parse |
tidy |
(logical). tidy output to data.frame's if possible. Default: 'FALSE' |
query |
(character) query terms |
limit |
(integer) number of results to return. Default: 10 |
offset |
(integer) record to start at. Default: 0 |
wt_wikicommons returns a list, with slots:
langlinks - language page links
externallinks - external links
common_names - a data.frame with name and language columns
classification - a data.frame with rank and name columns
wt_wikicommons_parse returns a list
wt_wikicommons_search returns a list with slots for continue and
query, where query holds the results, with query$search slot with
the search results
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Search for help on search
## Not run:
# high level
wt_wikicommons(name = "Malus domestica")
wt_wikicommons(name = "Pinus contorta")
wt_wikicommons(name = "Ursus americanus")
wt_wikicommons(name = "Balaenoptera musculus")
wt_wikicommons(name = "Category:Poeae")
wt_wikicommons(name = "Category:Pinaceae")
# low level
pg <- wt_wiki_page("https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Malus_domestica")
wt_wikicommons_parse(pg)
# search wikicommons
wt_wikicommons_search(query = "Pinus")
## use search results to dig into pages
res <- wt_wikicommons_search(query = "Pinus")
lapply(res$query$search$title[1:3], wt_wikicommons)
## End(Not run)