tw_get_cached_item: Retrieve cached item

In tidywikidatar: Explore 'Wikidata' Through Tidy Data Frames

Retrieve cached item

Description

Retrieve cached item

Usage

tw_get_cached_item(
  id,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  cache = NULL,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE
)

Arguments

id	A character vector, must start with Q, e.g. "Q180099" for the anthropologist Margaret Mead. Can also be a data frame of one row, typically generated with tw_search() or a combination of tw_search() and tw_filter_first().
language	Defaults to language set with tw_set_language(); if not set, "en". Use "all_available" to keep all languages. For available language values, see the dedicated Wikimedia page.
cache	Defaults to NULL. If given, it should be given either TRUE or FALSE. Typically set with tw_enable_cache() or tw_disable_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

If data present in cache, returns a data frame with cached data.

Examples

tw_set_cache_folder(path = tempdir())
tw_enable_cache()
tw_create_cache_folder(ask = FALSE)

df_from_api <- tw_get(id = "Q180099", language = "en")

df_from_cache <- tw_get_cached_item(
  id = "Q180099",
  language = "en"
)

tidywikidatar documentation built on Feb. 10, 2026, 1:07 a.m.