WikidataQueryServiceR
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An R package for the Wikidata Query Service API
`https://query.wikidata.org/sparql` is the main instance which is used to query Wikidata. However, in some context, other instances may be useful. For instance, https://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/wikidata/ is sometimes used to run big queries...
While using this package, one of my queries kept returning a different and way too low number of results. The query in question: ``` SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?bhl_id ?orcid ?viaf...
> Dear maintainer, > > Please see the problems shown on > . > > Please correct before 2025-04-22 to safely retain your package on CRAN. > > Do remmber...
Right now all calls made with the package have the same generic UA pointing at this package. To make it easier to deal with abuse of WDQS and to comply...
- Prepare for release: - Delete [deprecated.R](https://github.com/wikimedia/WikidataQueryServiceR/blob/main/R/deprecated.R) - #14 - #13 - #16 - Update DESCRIPTION (e.g. remove twitter handle, update repo URI) - Submit to CRAN
e.g. `WikidataQueryServiceR/2.0.0 (github.com/wikimedia/WikidataQueryServiceR) httr2/1.0.7 R/4.5.0`
Update to [httr2](https://httr2.r-lib.org/) Pros: - built-in [rate-limiting](https://httr2.r-lib.org/articles/wrapping-apis.html#rate-limits) Cons: - requires R ≥ 4.0