tw_get_label: Get Wikidata label in given language
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tw_get_label

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Get Wikidata label in given language

Description

Get Wikidata label in given language

Usage

tw_get_label(
  id,
  language = tidywikidatar::tw_get_language(),
  id_df = NULL,
  cache = NULL,
  overwrite_cache = FALSE,
  cache_connection = NULL,
  disconnect_db = TRUE,
  wait = 0
)

Arguments

`id`	A character vector of length 1, must start with Q, e.g. "Q254" for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
`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.
`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.

Value

A character vector of the same length as the vector of id given, with the Wikidata label in the requested language.

Examples


tw_get_label(
  id = c(
    "Q180099",
    "Q228822"
  ),
  language = "en"
)

# If a label is not available, a NA value is returned
if (interactive()) {
  tw_get_label(
    id = c(
      "Q64733534",
      "Q4773904",
      "Q220480"
    ),
    language = "sc"
  )
}

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