tw_filter_first: Filter search result and keep only and keep only the first...

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Filter search result and keep only and keep only the first match

Description

Same as tw_filter(), but consistently returns data frames with a single row.

Usage

tw_filter_first(
  search,
  p,
  q,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  response_language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  limit = 10,
  include_search = FALSE,
  wait = 0,
  cache = NULL,
  overwrite_cache = FALSE,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE
)

Arguments

search	A data frame generated by tw_search(), or a search query. If a data frame is given, language and limits are ignore.
p	A character vector of length 1, a property. Must always start with the capital letter "P", e.g. "P31" for "instance of".
q	A character vector of length 1, a wikidata id. Must always start with the capital letter "Q", e.g. "Q5" for "human being".
language	Language to be used for the search. Can be set once per session with tw_set_language(). If not set, defaults to "en". For a full list, see the dedicated Wikimedia page.
response_language	Language to be used for the returned labels and descriptions. Corresponds to the uselang parameter of the MediaWiki API, as described in the official documentation. Can be set once per session with tw_set_language(). If not set, defaults to "en". For a full list, see all available language codes.
limit	Maximum numbers of responses to be given.
include_search	Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, the search is returned as an additional column.
wait	In seconds, defaults to 0. Time to wait between queries to Wikidata. If data are cached locally, wait time is not applied. If you are running many queries systematically you may want to add some waiting time between queries.
cache	Defaults to NULL. If given, it should be given either TRUE or FALSE. Typically set with tw_enable_cache() or tw_disable_cache().
overwrite_cache	Defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, overwrites cache.
cache_connection	Defaults to NULL. If NULL, and caching is enabled, tidywikidatar will use a local sqlite database. A custom connection to other databases can be given (see vignette caching for details).
disconnect_db	Defaults to TRUE. If FALSE, leaves the connection to cache open.

Value

A data frame with one row and three columns, id, label, and description, filtered by the above criteria.

Examples

tw_search("Margaret Mead") %>%
  tw_filter_first(p = "P31", q = "Q5")

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