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wikiTools

Tools for Wikidata and Wikipedia

v1.2.24 · May 25, 2026 · GPL-3
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Description

A set of wrappers intended to check, read and download information from the Wikimedia sources. It is specifically created to work with names of celebrities, in which case their information and statistics can be downloaded. Additionally, it also builds links and snippets to use in combination with the function gallery() in netCoin package.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

Check History

OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jul 5, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jul 1, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown

Quitting from wiki_utils.Rmd:144-150 [w_isIntanceOf]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<error/rlang_error>
Error
...[truncated]...
Error: processing vignette 'wiki_utils.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
object 'l' not found
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 23, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 14, 2026
ERROR r-release-linux-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown

Quitting from wiki_utils.Rmd:144-150 [w_isIntanceOf]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<error/rlang_error>
Error
...[truncated]...
Error: processing vignette 'wiki_utils.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
object 'l' not found
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

package dependencies

Package required but not available: ‘netCoin’

See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
manual.
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 26, 2026
ERROR 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 2 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 19, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
INFO: The number of entities (385) exceeds chunksize (50).
  INFO: Requesting elements from 1 to 50
  INFO: Requesting elements from 51 to 100
  INFO: Requestin
...[truncated]...
ed with diagnostics:
attempt to set 'colnames' on an object with less than two dimensions
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Bad Gateway (HTTP 502).
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Bad Gateway (HTTP 50
...[truncated]...
rror: processing vignette 'wiki_utils.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
invalid argument type
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 17, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 8, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Too Many Requests (RFC 6585) (HTTP 429).
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler
...[truncated]...
rror: processing vignette 'wiki_utils.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
invalid argument type
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 6, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 29, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
INFO: The number of entities (377) exceeds chunksize (50).
  INFO: Requesting elements from 1 to 50
  INFO: Requesting elements from 51 to 100
  INFO: Requestin
...[truncated]...
ed with diagnostics:
attempt to set 'colnames' on an object with less than two dimensions
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 22, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 15, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Bad Gateway (HTTP 502).

Quitting from wiki_utils.Rmd:141-145 [unnamed-chunk-9]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...[truncated]...
rror: processing vignette 'wiki_utils.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
invalid argument type
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 12, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 10, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Bad Gateway (HTTP 502).
INFO: The number of entities (373) exceeds chunksize (50).
  INFO: Requesti
...[truncated]...
ed with diagnostics:
attempt to set 'colnames' on an object with less than two dimensions
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 9, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 26, 2026
ERROR r-patched-linux-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Too Many Requests (RFC 6585) (HTTP 429).

Quitting from wiki_utils.Rmd:214-224 [unnamed-chunk-16]
~
...[truncated]...
ed with diagnostics:
attempt to set 'colnames' on an object with less than two dimensions
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 20, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 18, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
INFO: The number of entities (370) exceeds chunksize (50).
  INFO: Requesting elements from 1 to 50
  INFO: Requesting elements from 51 to 100
  INFO: Requestin
...[truncated]...
:
Timeout was reached [xtools.wmcloud.org]:
Connection timed out after 10002 milliseconds
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
  ...
--- re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
Error in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Bad Gateway (HTTP 502).

Quitting from wiki_utils.Rmd:184-189 [unnamed-chunk-13]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...[truncated]...
rror: processing vignette 'wiki_utils.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
invalid argument type
--- failed re-building ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘wiki_utils.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Code & tests

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Code

Structure

Lines of code

7,321

Files

61

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 4,708 (64.3%)Docs 2,222 (30.4%)Vignettes 391 (5.3%)

API

Exported functions

39

Internal functions

28

Recent export changes

v1.2.7+6 w_Geoloc, w_LabelDesc, w_SearchByAuthority +3 more  −2 w_IdentifiersOfAuthority, w_OccupationEntities
v1.2.4+16 m_Opensearch, m_Pageviews, m_XtoolsInfo +13 more  −14 GetWikidataitem, Wikidata_Wikipedias, Wikidata_occupationCount 11 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

No

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

–

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

100%

\dontrun example ratio

51.4%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

No

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.5.0

System requirements

–

C++ standard

–

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

8

First release

2022-03-24

Latest release

2026-05-25

Avg cadence

105 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

7

LOC over versions

v0.0.6: 2,147 LOCv1.2.4: 4,934 LOCv1.2.7: 6,290 LOCv1.2.8: 6,290 LOCv1.2.14: 6,728 LOCv1.2.15: 6,734 LOCv1.2.21: 6,905 LOCv1.2.24: 7,321 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies curl httr jsonlite collections netCoin evolMap wikiTools

Version History

9 tracked
updated 1.2.24 ← 1.2.21 diff May 25, 2026
updated 1.2.21 ← 1.2.15 diff Mar 16, 2026
new 1.2.15 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.2.15 ← 1.2.14 diff Oct 18, 2025
updated 1.2.14 ← 1.2.8 diff Jul 10, 2025
updated 1.2.8 ← 1.2.7 diff Mar 30, 2025
updated 1.2.7 ← 1.2.4 diff Jul 27, 2024
updated 1.2.4 ← 0.0.6 diff Apr 12, 2024
new 0.0.6 Mar 23, 2022