download_media: Download Media

In AleKoure/europeanaR: Interact with Metadata Records and Media on the Europeana Repository

Download Media

Description

Function that downloads media, using the response object of the Europeana search API. It uses the fields 'type' and 'edmIsShownBy' to retrieve the items and store them in a local folder.

Usage

download_media(resp, download_dir = NULL, type_ = NULL, quiet = TRUE)

Arguments

resp	an S3 object of type 'europeana_search_api' or 'cursored_search'
download_dir	destination directory. If 'NULL' then 'tempdir()' is used
type_	string in 'c("TEXT", "IMAGE", "SOUND", "VIDEO", "3D")'
quiet	boolean to suppress download file messages

Value

destination folder

Examples

#set your API key with set_key(api_key = "XXXX")
#example_1
resp <- query_search_api("arioch", rows = 2)
download_media(resp, type = "IMAGE")

#example_2 bulk download
res_bulk <- tidy_cursored_search(query = "animal",
                                 qf = "when:17 AND what:painting",
                                 max_items = 3)
download_media(res_bulk)

AleKoure/europeanaR documentation built on June 11, 2022, 4:29 p.m.