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WikidataR (version 2.3.3)

get_example: Get an example SPARQL query from Wikidata

Description

Gets the specified example(s) from [SPARQL query service examples page](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples) using [Wikidata's MediaWiki API](https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php).

Usage

get_example(example_name)

Arguments

example_name

the names of the examples as they appear on [this page](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples)

Value

The SPARQL query as a character vector.

Details

If you are planning on extracting multiple examples, please provide all the names as a single vector for efficiency.

See Also

[query_wikidata]

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
sparql_query <- extract_example(c("Cats", "Horses"))
query_wikidata(sparql_query)
# returns a named list with two data frames
# one called "Cats" and one called "Horses"
sparql_query <- extract_example("Largest cities with female mayor")
cat(sparql_query)
query_wikidata(sparql_query)
# }

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