In sckott/canadiana: Interact with Canadiana data

canadiana

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canadiana is an R client for the Canadiana API

• Canadiana - Search the digital collections of libraries, archives and museums from across Canada
• API docs: http://search.canadiana.ca/support/api

Install

install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("sckott/canadiana")

library("canadiana")

Search for records

out <- cearch(q="railroads")
out$meta

out$facet

head(out$docs)

By language

cearch(lang="spa")$meta

By record type

cearch(type="page")$meta

Date delimit

cearch(q="railroads", df=1800, dt=1820)$meta

Sorting

cearch(q="railroads", df=1800, dt=1820, sort="oldest")$docs

Paging

# FIX ME - paging doesn' work for some reason
cearch(q="railroads", page=2)$meta

Get single item

item("oocihm.00001")

sckott/canadiana documentation built on May 29, 2019, 3:47 p.m.