tw_get_image_metadata_single: Get metadata for images from Wikimedia Commons

In tidywikidatar: Explore 'Wikidata' Through Tidy Data Frames

Get metadata for images from Wikimedia Commons

Description

Please consult the relevant documentation for reusing content outside Wikimedia.

Usage

tw_get_image_metadata_single(
  id,
  image_filename = NULL,
  only_first = TRUE,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  id_df = NULL,
  cache = NULL,
  overwrite_cache = FALSE,
  read_cache = TRUE,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE,
  wait = 1,
  attempts = 10
)

Arguments

id	A character vector of length 1, must start with Q, e.g. "Q254" for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
image_filename	Defaults to NULL. If NULL, image_filename is obtained from the Wikidata id. If given, must be of the same length as id.
only_first	Defaults to TRUE. If TRUE, returns only the first image associated with a given Wikidata id. If FALSE, returns all images available.
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.
id_df	Default to NULL. If given, it should be a dataframe typically generated with tw_get(), and is used instead of calling Wikidata or using SQLite cache. Ignored when id is of length more than one.
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	Logical, defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, it overwrites the table in the local sqlite database. Useful if the original Wikidata object has been updated.
read_cache	Logical, defaults to TRUE. Mostly used internally to prevent checking if an item is in cache if it is already known that it is not in 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.
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.
attempts	Defaults to 10. Number of times it re-attempts to reach the API before failing.

Value

A character vector, corresponding to reference to the image in the requested format.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  tw_get_image_metadata_single("Q180099")
}

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