WikipediR

A MediaWiki API Wrapper

v1.7.1 · Apr 5, 2024 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

A wrapper for the MediaWiki API, aimed particularly at the Wikimedia 'production' wikis, such as Wikipedia. It can be used to retrieve page text, information about users or the history of pages, and elements of the category tree.

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Flavor	Status	Time
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang	NOTE	33.6s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	NOTE	26.4s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang	OK	53.3s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc	OK	63.2s
r-devel-macos-arm64	OK	17s
r-devel-windows-x86_64	OK	59s
r-oldrel-macos-arm64	OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64	OK	34s
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64	OK	66s
r-patched-linux-x86_64	OK	31.5s
r-release-linux-x86_64	OK	29.5s
r-release-macos-arm64	OK
r-release-macos-x86_64	OK	46s
r-release-windows-x86_64	OK	56s

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NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Os Keyes <ironholds@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: c(person(given = "Os",
                      family = "Keyes",
                      role = c("aut", "cre"),
                      email = "ironholds@gmail.com"),
               person(given = "Brock",
                      family = "Tilbert",
                      role = "ctb"),
               person(given = "Clemens",
                      family = "Schmid",
                      role = "aut"))
as necessary.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Os Keyes <ironholds@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: c(person(given = "Os",
                      family = "Keyes",
                      role = c("aut", "cre"),
                      email = "ironholds@gmail.com"),
               person(given = "Brock",
                      family = "Tilbert",
                      role = "ctb"),
               person(given = "Clemens",
                      family = "Schmid",
                      role = "aut"))
as necessary.

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NOTE 12 OK · 2 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Os Keyes <ironholds@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: c(person(given = "Os",
                      family = "Keyes",
                      role = c("aut", "cre"),
                     
...[truncated]...
               person(given = "Brock",
                      family = "Tilbert",
                      role = "ctb"),
               person(given = "Clemens",
                      family = "Schmid",
                      role = "aut"))
as necessary.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Os Keyes <ironholds@gmail.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: c(person(given = "Os",
                      family = "Keyes",
                      role = c("aut", "cre"),
                     
...[truncated]...
               person(given = "Brock",
                      family = "Tilbert",
                      role = "ctb"),
               person(given = "Clemens",
                      family = "Schmid",
                      role = "aut"))
as necessary.

Reverse Dependencies (3)

imports

tosca wikilake wikitaxa

Dependency Network

Version History

new 1.7.1 Mar 10, 2026

updated 1.7.1 ← 1.7.0 diff Apr 4, 2024

updated 1.7.0 ← 1.5.0 diff Mar 28, 2024

updated 1.5.0 ← 1.4.0 diff Feb 4, 2017

updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.0 diff Jun 9, 2016

updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.0 diff Jan 12, 2016

updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.0 diff May 17, 2015

updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.1 diff Dec 5, 2014

updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Aug 16, 2014

updated 1.0.0 ← 0.5 diff Apr 26, 2014

new 0.5 Apr 17, 2014