tw_filter_people: Filter search result and keep only people

In tidywikidatar: Explore 'Wikidata' Through Tidy Data Frames

Filter search result and keep only people

Description

A wrapper of tw_filter() that defaults to keep only "instance of" (P31) "human being" (Q5).

Usage

tw_filter_people(
  search,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  response_language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  limit = 10,
  include_search = FALSE,
  stop_at_first = TRUE,
  wait = 0,
  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.
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.
stop_at_first	Logical, defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, returns only the first match from the search that satisfies the criteria.
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.
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 three columns, id, label, and description; all rows refer to a human being.

Examples

tw_search("Ruth Benedict")

tw_search("Ruth Benedict") %>%
  tw_filter_people()

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