NEWS.md

In partycoloR: Extract Party Colors and Logos from Wikipedia

partycoloR 0.2.0

New Features

• New function get_party_color() - vectorized color extraction with support for multiple colors (all_colors parameter) and color normalization.

• New function get_party_logo() - extract party logo URLs from Wikipedia pages.

• New function get_party_info() - extract both color and logo in a single call for better efficiency.

• New Partyfacts integration:

• get_partyfacts_wikipedia() - download the Partyfacts Wikipedia dataset
• lookup_party_url() - search for parties by name and country
• get_party_color_by_name() - convenience function combining lookup and color extraction
• clear_partycolor_cache() - clear cached Partyfacts data

Improvements

• Functions are now fully vectorized and work seamlessly with dplyr::mutate().

• Better error handling - invalid URLs return NA instead of throwing errors.

• Color normalization converts named colors (e.g., "red") to hex codes and expands 3-digit hex codes to 6 digits.

• Added comprehensive test suite using testthat.

• Complete vignette with examples and best practices.

• Updated to use modern tidyverse patterns (replaced gather/spread with pivot_longer/pivot_wider).

Breaking Changes

• The original wikipedia_party_color() function is now deprecated. Use get_party_color() instead.

• The package now requires R >= 4.1.0.

Documentation

• Added detailed function documentation with examples.

• New vignette: "Getting Started with partycoloR".

• Updated README with feature overview and quick start guide.

partycoloR 0.1.0

• Initial release with wikipedia_party_color() function.

• Extract party colors from English Wikipedia party pages.

partycoloR documentation built on Jan. 28, 2026, 1:07 a.m.