get_partyfacts_wikipedia: Download Partyfacts Wikipedia data

In partycoloR: Extract Party Colors and Logos from Wikipedia

Download Partyfacts Wikipedia data

Description

Downloads the current Partyfacts Wikipedia dataset containing party names, countries, and Wikipedia URLs for thousands of political parties worldwide.

Usage

get_partyfacts_wikipedia(cache = TRUE)

Arguments

cache

Logical. If 'TRUE' (default), caches the downloaded data for the current R session to avoid repeated downloads.

Details

The data comes from the Partyfacts project (<https://partyfacts.herokuapp.com/>), which links party datasets and provides Wikipedia URLs for political parties. The data is downloaded from the Partyfacts GitHub repository.

Value

A tibble with columns: country, partyfacts_id, url, name_short, name, name_native, year_founded, year_dissolved.

See Also

[lookup_party_url()] for searching parties in the dataset.

Examples

if (curl::has_internet()) {
  # Download the dataset
  pf_data <- get_partyfacts_wikipedia()

  # View parties from Germany
  pf_data[pf_data$country == "DEU", ]
}

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