wp_get_data: function for getting data (download + extraction)

In wikipediatrend: Public Subject Attention via Wikipedia Page View Statistics

Description

function for getting data (download + extraction)

Usage

wp_get_data(
  page = "R_(programming_language)",
  from = "2007-12-01",
  to = as.character(Sys.Date()),
  lang = "en",
  user_type = "all",
  platform = "all",
  warn = TRUE
)

Arguments

page	The name of the Wikipedia page as to be found in the URL to the wikipedia article. If e.g. the URL is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fox_(musician), than the page name equals to Peter_Fox_(musician).
from	The starting date of the timespan for which access statistics should be retrieved - note that there is no data prior to 2007-12-01. Supply some sort of timestamp e.g. of class POSIXlt, POSIXct, Date, or character. If the option is of type character it should be in the form of yyyy-mm-dd.
to	The last date for which access statistics should be retrieved. Supply some sort of timestamp e.g. of class POSIXlt, POSIXct, Date, or character. If the option is of type character it should be in the form of yyyy-mm-dd.
lang	The language shorthand identifying which Wikipedia access statistics are to be used: e.g. "en" for the English version found at https://en.wikipedia.org, "de" for the German version found at https://de.wikipedia.org or perhaps "als" for the Alemannic dialect found under https://als.wikipedia.org/.
user_type	the type of users. One or more of "all", "user", "spider" or "bot". "all" by default.
platform	The platform the pageviews came from; One or more of "all", "desktop", "mobile-web" and "mobile-app". Set to "all" by default.
warn	Warn about not being able to retrieve data or not?

wikipediatrend documentation built on July 8, 2020, 5:44 p.m.