Man pages for wikiTools
Tools for Wikidata and Wikipedia

ccConverts a text separated by commas into a character vector.
checkEntitiesCheck if all Wikidata entities in entity_list have valid...
checkTitlescheckTitles(titles) Check if titles are valid. Return TRUE is...
doChunksExecute a function in chunks.
extractWikiExtract the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article with a...
filextExtract the extension of a file
getFilesDownloads a list of files in a specified path of the...
getWikiDataCreate a data.frame with Wikidata of a vector of names.
getWikiFilesDownloads a list of Wikipedia pages in a specified path of...
getWikiInfCreate a data.frame with Q's and descriptions of a vector of...
httrGetJSONhttrGetJSON Retrieve responses in JSON format using...
limitRequesterLimits the rate at which a function will execute
m_OpensearchOpen search of a string
m_PageviewsGet number of views of a Wikipedia article
m_reqMediaWikiRetrieve responses using the MediaWiki API.
m_XtoolsInfoGets various information from a Wikimedia page
nametoWikiFrameConvert names into a Wikipedia's iframe
nametoWikiHtmlCreate the Wikipedia link of a name or entry.
nametoWikiURLCreate the Wikipedia URL of a name or entry.
normalizedTitleReturn the normalized and redirect title from the response
preNameReverse the order of the first and last names of every...
reqMediaWikiUses httr package to retrieve responses using the MediaWiki...
reqWDQSGet responses from Wikidata Query Service
searchWikiFind if there is a Wikipedia page of a name(s) in the...
urltoFrameConvert an URL link to an HTML iframe.
urltoHtmlConvert a Wikipedia URL to an HTML link
user_agentSee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy...
validUrlFind if an URL link is valid.
v_AutoSuggestSuggests VIAF id from a name
v_ExtractGets information from a VIAF record
v_GetRecordGets record clusters
v_SearchRun a CQL Query in VIAF
w_EntityInfoGet information about a Wikimedia entity (human or film)
w_GeolocGet Latitude and Longitude coordinates, and Country of places
w_isInstanceOfCheck if a Wikidata entity is an instance of a class
w_isValidCheck if Wikidata entities are valid
w_LabelDescReturn label and/or descriptions of Wikidata entities
w_PropertyGet properties of Wikidata entities
w_queryResponse from Wikidata Query Service
w_SearchByAuthorityGet entities that have identifier in a database or...
w_SearchByIdentifiersSearch for entities that may match identifiers in a database...
w_SearchByInstanceofGet entities which are instance of a Wikidata entity
w_SearchByLabelSearch Wikidata entities by string (usually labels)
w_SearchByOccupationGet Wikidata entities with a certain occupation
w_WikipediasGet Wikipedia pages of Wikidata entities
wikiTools documentation built on April 3, 2025, 9:38 p.m.