Package index • WikidataR

GET

Get structured knowledge.

get_item() get_property(): Retrieve specific Wikidata items or properties

get_example(): Get an example SPARQL query from Wikidata

get_geo_box(): Get geographic entities based on a bounding box

get_geo_entity(): Retrieve geographic information from Wikidata

get_names_from_properties(): Get names of properties

get_random_item() get_random_property(): Retrieve randomly-selected Wikidata items or properties

CREATE

Create objects.

createrows(): "CREATE" rows

createrows.tidy(): "CREATE" rows from tidy format

WRITE

Write to a Wikibase/Wikidata instance.

write_wikibase(): Write statements to any Wikibase instance

write_wikidata(): Write statements to Wikidata

EXTRACT

Extract content from query responses.

extract_claims(): Extract claims from returned item data

extract_para(): Extract a paragraph of text

list_properties(): List properties of a Wikidata item

MATCHING

Matching items with identification.

disambiguate_QIDs(): Disambiguate QIDs

filter_qids(): Filter QIDs

identifier_from_identifier(): Identifier from identifier

qid_from_DOI(): QID from DOI

qid_from_identifier(): QID from identifier

qid_from_ORCID(): QID from ORCID

qid_from_name(): QID from label name

url_to_id(): Extract an identifier from a wikidata URL

SEARCH

Functions to search for knowledge.

find_item() find_property(): Search for Wikidata items or properties that match a search term

searcher(): Convert an input to a item QID

query_wikidata(): Send one or more SPARQL queries to WDQS

sparql_query(): Download full Wikidata items matching a SPARQL query

wd_query(): Download a Wikidata item

wd_rand_query(): Download random Wikidata items

UTILS

Various utility functions.

as_pid(): Convert an input to a property PID

as_qid(): Convert an input to a item QID.

as_quot(): Add quotations marks

as_sid(): Convert an input to a source property SID

check_input(): Generic input checker

initials(): Format short form person names

unspecial(): Remove special characters

print(<find_item>): Print method for find_item

print(<find_property>): Print method for find_property

print(<wikidata>): Print method for Wikidata objects

WD.globalvar: Global variables for Wikidata properties

WikidataR WikidataR-package: API client library for Wikidata