Description
Access 'Wikipedia' through the several 'MediaWiki' APIs (<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API>), as well as through the 'XTools' API (<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/XTools/API>). Ensure your API calls are correct, and receive results in tidy tibbles.
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| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| 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 Jun 26, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 25, 2026
ERROR
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
examples
Running examples in ‘wikkitidy-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:
> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: wikipedia_rest_apis
> ### Title: Build a REST request to one of Wikipedia's specific REST APIs
> ###
...[truncated]...
9. │ │ └─base (local) tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
10. │ │ └─base (local) doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
11. │ └─base::force(expr)
12. └─rlang::abort(...)
Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 18, 2026
ERROR 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 11, 2026
ERROR
r-devel-windows-x86_64
examples
Running examples in 'wikkitidy-Ex.R' failed The error most likely occurred in: > ### Name: get_diff > ### Title: Search for insertions, deletions or relocations of text between > ### two versions of a Wikipedia page > ### Aliases: get_diff > > ## ...[truncated]... ngHandlers(...) 7. │ ├─purrr:::call_with_cleanup(...) 8. │ └─purrr (local) .f(...) 9. └─httr2 (local) `_fn`(`_out`) 10. └─httr2:::handle_resp(req, resp, error_call = error_call) 11. └─rlang::cnd_signal(resp) Execution halted