R: Function for getting access statistics for wikipedia pages
wp_trend
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Function for getting access statistics for wikipedia pages
Description
Function for getting access statistics for wikipedia pages
Usage
wp_trend(page, from = prev_month_start(), to = prev_month_end(),
lang = "en", file = "")
Arguments
page
The name of the Wikipedia page as to be found in the URL to the
wikipedia article. If e.g. the URL is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fox_(musician), than the page
name equals to Peter_Fox_(musician).
from
The starting date of the timespan for which access statistics
should be retrieved - note that there is no data prior to 2007-12-01.
Supply some sort of timestamp e.g. of class POSIXlt, POSIXct, Date, or
character. If the option is of type character it should be in the form of
yyyy-mm-dd.
to
The last date for which access statistics should be retrieved.
Supply some sort of timestamp e.g. of class POSIXlt, POSIXct, Date, or
character. If the option is of type character it should be in the form of
yyyy-mm-dd.
lang
The language shorthand identifying which Wikipedia access
statistics are to be used: e.g. "en" for the English version found
at https://en.wikipedia.org, "de" for the German version found at
https://de.wikipedia.org or perhaps "als" for the Alemannic dialect
found under https://als.wikipedia.org/.
file
Where to store data retrieved by function call? The data
is stored in CSV format. If an already existing file is used for storage,
the old data will not be deleted but instead new data will be added to this
file! The cache in memory before the function call will be saved and restored
afterwards. If you prefer automatic mirroring of in memory cache and cache
on disk
Examples
library(wikipediatrend)
wp_trend( page = c("Cheese", "Ku00e4se"),
from = "2014-11-01",
to = "2014-11-30",
lang = c("en", "de"),
file = wp_cache_file()
)
providing 
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