find_item: Search for Wikidata items or properties that match a search...
In WikidataR: Read-Write API Client Library for Wikidata

Description Usage Arguments See Also Examples

find_item and find_property allow you to retrieve a set of Wikidata items or properties where the aliase or descriptions match a particular search term. As with other WikidataR code, custom print methods are available; use str to manipulate and see the underlying structure of the data.

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find_item(search_term, language = "en", limit = 10, ...)

find_property(search_term, language = "en", limit = 10)

`search_term`	a term to search for.
`language`	the language to return the labels and descriptions in; this should consist of an ISO language code. Set to "en" by default.
`limit`	the number of results to return; set to 10 by default.
`\dots`	further arguments to pass to httr's GET.

get_random for selecting a random item or property, or get_item for selecting a specific item or property.

#Check for entries relating to Douglas Adams in some way
adams_items <- find_item("Douglas Adams")

#Check for properties involving the peerage
peerage_props <- find_property("peerage")