| Type: | Package |
| Title: | A MediaWiki API Wrapper |
| Version: | 1.7.1 |
| Date: | 2024-04-05 |
| Author: | Os Keyes [aut, cre], Brock Tilbert [ctb], Clemens Schmid [aut] |
| Maintainer: | Os Keyes <ironholds@gmail.com> |
| 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. |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| Imports: | httr, jsonlite, magrittr |
| Suggests: | testthat, knitr, WikidataR, pageviews |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/Ironholds/WikipediR/issues |
| URL: | https://github.com/Ironholds/WikipediR/ |
| VignetteBuilder: | knitr |
| RoxygenNote: | 7.3.1 |
| Encoding: | UTF-8 |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Packaged: | 2024-04-05 17:43:38 UTC; ironholds |
| Repository: | CRAN |
| Date/Publication: | 2024-04-05 18:13:00 UTC |
A client library for MediaWiki's API
Description
This package provides functions for accessing the MediaWiki API, either for Wikimedia projects or any other MediaWiki instance. For more information, see the vignette.
See Also
The package vignette.
Retrieves categories associated with a page.
Description
Retrieves categories associated with a page (or list of pages) on a MediaWiki instance
Usage
categories_in_page(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
pages,
properties = c("sortkey", "timestamp", "hidden"),
limit = 50,
show_hidden = FALSE,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
pages |
A vector of page titles, with or without spaces, that you want to retrieve categories for. |
properties |
The properties you want to retrieve about the categories. Options are "sortkey" (the key that sorts the way the page is stored in each category), "timestamp" (when the category was added to that page) and "hidden" (tags those categories in the returned list that are 'hidden' from readers). |
limit |
The maximum number of categories you want to retrieve for each page. Set to 50 by default. |
|
Whether or not to include 'hidden' categories in the categories that are retrieved - these are usually associated with the maintenance of Wikipedia and its internal processes. Set to FALSE by default. | |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
See Also
pages_in_category for pages in a specified category.
Examples
## Not run:
#Retrieve the categories for the "New Age" article on en.wiki
cats <- categories_in_page("en", "wikipedia", pages = "New Age")
#Retrieve the categories for the "New Age" article on rationalwiki.
rw_cats <- categories_in_page(domain = "rationalwiki.org", pages = "New Age")
## End(Not run)
wikimedia api page creation (single pages) helper function to do the actual api requests for page and category-page creation
Description
wikimedia api page creation (single pages)
helper function to do the actual api requests for page and category-page creation
Usage
create_page(url, p_title, p_text, category, token)
Arguments
url |
a URL body |
p_title |
page title string of new page |
p_text |
page content string of new page |
category |
switch to decide, if the page should be created as category-page |
token |
action token to perform the request |
Value
TRUE
wikimedia api page creation Create pages or category-pages on a wikimedia instance.
Description
wikimedia api page creation
Create pages or category-pages on a wikimedia instance.
Usage
create_pages(url, p_title, p_text, category = FALSE)
Arguments
url |
a URL body |
p_title |
vector with page title strings of new pages |
p_text |
vector with page content strings of new pages |
category |
switch to decide, if the pages should be created as category-pages |
Value
TRUE
request token for api action as signed in user
Description
helper function to request a user action token
Usage
get_action_token(url)
Arguments
url |
a URL body |
Value
a token string
request token to start client login
Description
helper function to request a user login token
Usage
get_prelogin_token(url, user)
Arguments
url |
a URL body |
user |
a username of a registered user |
Value
a token string
wikimedia api user login
Description
Login to a wikimedia instance to trigger api requests as a registered user. This function only allows the very basic login with username and password. Wikimedia setups that require more sophisticated login methods are not supported.
Usage
login(url, user, pw)
Arguments
url |
a URL body |
user |
a username of a registered user |
pw |
the password of said user |
Value
TRUE
Retrieve a page's backlinks
Description
page_backlinks, when provided with a page title, retrieves backlinks to that page. Output can be filtered to specific namespaces.
Usage
page_backlinks(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
page,
limit = 50,
direction = "ascending",
namespaces = NULL,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
page |
the title of the page you want the backlinks of. |
limit |
the number of backlinks to return. Set to 50 (the maximum) by default. |
direction |
the direction to order the backlinks in, by linking page ID: "ascending" or "descending". Set to "ascending" by default. |
namespaces |
The namespaces to filter to. By default, backlinks from any namespace are retrieved: alternately, a numeric vector of accepted namespaces (which are described here) can be provided, and only backlinks from pages within those namespaces will be returned. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Warnings
as with pages_in_category, if the page
you are linking to does not exist, an empty list will be returned, without
any indication of an error.
Examples
## Not run:
#Backlink
all_bls <- page_backlinks("en","wikipedia", page = "Aaron Halfaker")
#Namespace-specific backlinks
mainspace_bls <- page_backlinks("en","wikipedia", page = "Aaron Halfaker", namespaces = 0)
## End(Not run)
Retrieves MediaWiki page content
Description
wiki_page retrieves the DOM of a particular MediaWiki page, as a HTML blob inside a JSON object.
Usage
page_content(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
page_name,
page_id = NULL,
as_wikitext = FALSE,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
page_name |
The title of the page you want to retrieve |
page_id |
the pageID of the page you want to retrieve. Set to NULL by default, and an alternative to page_name; if both are provided, page_id will be used. |
as_wikitext |
whether to retrieve the wikimarkup (TRUE) or the HTML (FALSE). Set to FALSE by default. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
See Also
revision_diff for retrieving 'diffs' between revisions,
revision_content for retrieving the text of specified revisions.
Examples
## Not run:
#Content from a Wikimedia project
wp_content <- page_content("en","wikipedia", page_name = "Aaron Halfaker")
#Content by ID
wp_content <- page_content("en", "wikipedia", page_id = 12)
#Content from a non-Wikimedia project
rw_content <- page_content(domain = "rationalwiki.org", page_name = "New Age")
## End(Not run)
Retrieve a page's links
Description
page_external_links, when provided with a page title, retrieves external wikilinks from the current revision of that page.
Usage
page_external_links(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
page,
protocol = NULL,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
page |
the title of the page you want the links of. |
protocol |
limit links to those with certain link protocols. Options are listed in Special:ApiSandbox's elprotocol field. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Examples
## Not run:
#Links
external_links <- page_external_links("en","wikipedia", page = "Aaron Halfaker")
#Protocol-specific links
external_http_links <- page_external_links("en","wikipedia",
page = "Aaron Halfaker", protocol = "http")
## End(Not run)
Retrieve information about a particular page
Description
page_info, when provided with a page title, retrieves metadata about that page.
Usage
page_info(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
page,
properties = c("protection", "talkid", "url", "displaytitle"),
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
page |
the title of the page you want the metadata of. |
properties |
the properties you'd like to retrieve. Some properties (the pageID, namespace,
title, language, length and most recent revision ID, for example) are retrieved by default,
whatever is passed to |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Examples
## Not run:
#Metadata
page_metadata <- page_info("en","wikipedia", page = "Aaron Halfaker")
## End(Not run)
Retrieve a page's links
Description
page_links, when provided with a page title, retrieves internal wikilinks from the current revision of that page.
Usage
page_links(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
page,
limit = 50,
direction = "ascending",
namespaces = NULL,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
page |
the title of the page you want the links of. |
limit |
the number of links to retrieve. 50 by default; a maximum of 500 is set server-side. |
direction |
the direction to order the links in, by destination page ID: "ascending" or "descending". Set to "ascending" by default. |
namespaces |
The namespaces to filter to. By default, links to any namespace are retrieved: alternately, a numeric vector of accepted namespaces (which are described here) can be provided, and only backlinks from pages within those namespaces will be returned. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Examples
## Not run:
#Links
links <- page_links("en","wikipedia", page = "Aaron Halfaker")
#Namespace-specific links
mainspace_links <- page_links("en","wikipedia", page = "Aaron Halfaker", namespaces = 0)
## End(Not run)
Retrieves a list of category members.
Description
wiki_catpages retrieves a list of pages, subcategories, files or all of the above in a specified category (or series of specified categories)
Usage
pages_in_category(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
categories,
properties = c("title", "ids", "sortkey", "sortkeyprefix", "type", "timestamp"),
type = c("page", "subcat", "file"),
clean_response = FALSE,
limit = 50,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
categories |
The names of the categories you want to gather information for. |
properties |
The properties you want to gather for each member of the category. Options are "title" (the name of the member, including namespace), "id" (the unique numeric identifier of the member), "sortkey" (the hexadecimal key used to sort that member within the category), "sortkeyprefix" (the human-readable sort key), "type" (whether the member is a page, a subcategory or a file) and "timestamp" (when the member was added to the category) |
type |
The type of member you're interested in returning; options are any permutation of "page" (pages), "subcat" (subcategories) and "file" (files). |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
limit |
The maximum number of members to retrieve for each category. Set to 50 by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET(). |
warnings
Because of the way MediaWiki stores this data, both "the category you asked for doesn't exist" and "the category you asked for exists, but has no members" return in the same way.
See Also
categories_in_page for finding categories that a specified page is a member of.
Examples
## Not run:
#Retrieve the pages in the "New Age" category on en.wiki
cats <- pages_in_category("en", "wikipedia", categories = "New Age")
#Retrieve the pages in the "New Age" category on rationalwiki.
rw_cats <- pages_in_category(domain = "rationalwiki.org", categories = "New Age")
## End(Not run)
parse_response: Parse WikipediR responses internally
Description
Response parser
Usage
parse_response(x)
Arguments
x |
result from a WikipediR query |
Details
Should not be externally used
base query function
Description
not designed to be used by anyone except a third-party reuser package, such as WikidataR
Usage
query(url, out_class, clean_response = FALSE, query_param = list(), ...)
Arguments
url |
a URL body |
out_class |
the class to set on the output object; used within WikidataR to indicate what response-cleaning method should be applied. |
clean_response |
whether to clean the response, using the method assigned by out_class, or not. |
query_param |
query parameters |
... |
further arguments to httr's GET. |
Retrieve the page content of a random MediaWiki page
Description
wiki_page retrieves the DOM of a particular MediaWiki page, as a HTML blob inside a JSON object.
Usage
random_page(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
namespaces = NULL,
as_wikitext = FALSE,
limit = 1,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
namespaces |
The namespaces to consider pages from. By default, pages from any namespace are considered; alternately, a numeric vector of accepted namespaces (which are described here) can be provided, and only pages within those namespaces will be considered. |
as_wikitext |
whether to retrieve the wikimarkup (TRUE) or the HTML (FALSE). Set to FALSE by default. |
limit |
the number of pages to return. 1 by default. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
See Also
page_content for retrieving the content of a specific page,
revision_diff for retrieving 'diffs' between revisions,
revision_content for retrieving the text of specified revisions.
Examples
## Not run:
#A page from Wikipedia
wp_content <- random_page("en","wikipedia")
#A page from the mainspace on Wikipedia
wp_article_content <- random_page("en","wikipedia", namespaces = 0)
## End(Not run)
Retrieves entries from the RecentChanges feed
Description
wiki_recentchanges retrieves a stream of entries from Special:RecentChanges, with a variety of associated metadata and filtering (of both entries *and* that metadata.
Usage
recent_changes(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
properties = c("user", "userid", "comment", "parsedcomment", "flags", "timestamp",
"title", "ids", "sizes", "redirect", "loginfo", "tags", "sha1"),
type = c("edit", "external", "new", "log"),
tag = NULL,
dir = "newer",
limit = 50,
top = FALSE,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
properties |
Properties you're trying to retrieve about each entry, Options include "user" (the username of the person responsible for that entry), "userid" (the userID of said person), "comment" (the edit summary associated with the entry), "parsedcomment" (the same, but parsed, generating HTML from any wikitext in that comment), "flags" (whether the revision was 'minor' or not), "timestamp", "title" (the name of the page the entry affected), "ids" (the page id, along with the old and new revision IDs when applicable) "sizes" (the size, in uncompressed bytes, of the entry, and, in the case of revisions, the size of the edit it displaced), "tags" (any tags associated with the revision) and "loginfo" (applicable only to log entries, and consisting of log ID numbers, log types and actions, and so on) and "sha1" (the SHA-1 hash of the revision text). |
type |
The type of entry you want to retrieve; can be any permutation of "edit" (edits to existing pages), "external" (external actions that impact on the project - primarily wikidata changes), "new" (the creation of new pages) and "log" (log entries). By default, all of these entry types are included. |
tag |
Only return items with particular "tags", such as "mobile edit". NULL by default. |
dir |
Should it go from newest to oldest ("newer"), or oldest to newest ("older")? By default, set to "newer". |
limit |
The number of entries you'd like to return. By default, set to 50, which is also the maximum number per-request for logged-out users. |
top |
Should the request only return "top" entries - in other words, the most recent entry on a page? Set to FALSE by default. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Retrieves MediaWiki revisions
Description
Retrieves the content of a provided list of revisions from whichever MediaWiki instance you're querying. Returns as wikimarkup.
Usage
revision_content(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
revisions,
properties = c("content", "ids", "flags", "timestamp", "user", "userid", "size",
"sha1", "contentmodel", "comment", "parsedcomment", "tags"),
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
revisions |
The revision IDs of each desired revision. |
properties |
Properties you're trying to retrieve about that revision, should you want to; options include "ids" (the revision ID of the revision...which is pointless), "flags" (whether the revision was 'minor' or not), "timestamp" (the timestamp of the revision), "user" (the username of the person who made that revision), "userid" (the userID of the person who made the revision), "size" (the size, in uncompressed bytes, of the revision), "sha1" (the SHA-1 hash of the revision text), "contentmodel" (the content model of the page, usually "wikitext"), "comment" (the revision summary associated with the revision), "parsedcomment" (the same, but parsed, generating HTML from any wikitext in that comment), "tags" (any tags associated with the revision) and "flagged" (the revision's status under Flagged Revisions). |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
See Also
revision_diff for diffs between revisions,
and page_content for the content a specific page currently has.
Examples
## Not run:
#Revision content from a Wikimedia project
wp_content <- revision_content("en","wikipedia", revisions = 552373187)
#Revision content from a non-Wikimedia project
rw_content <- revision_content(domain = "rationalwiki.org", revisions = 88616)
## End(Not run)
Generates a "diff" between a pair of revisions
Description
revision_diff generates a diff between two revisions in a MediaWiki page. This is provided as an XML-parsable blob inside the returned JSON object.
Usage
revision_diff(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
revisions,
properties = c("ids", "flags", "timestamp", "user", "userid", "size", "sha1",
"contentmodel", "comment", "parsedcomment", "tags", "flagged"),
direction,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
revisions |
The revision IDs of each "start" revision. |
properties |
Properties you're trying to retrieve about that revision, should you want to; options include "ids" (the revision ID of the revision...which is pointless), "flags" (whether the revision was 'minor' or not), "timestamp","user" (the username of the person who made that revision), "userid" (the userID of the person who made the revision), "size" (the size, in uncompressed bytes, of the revision), "sha1" (the SHA-1 hash of the revision text), "contentmodel" (the content model of the page, usually "wikitext"), "comment" (the revision summary associated with the revision), "parsedcomment" (the same, but parsed, generating HTML from any wikitext in that comment), "tags" (any tags associated with the revision) and "flagged" (the revision's status under Flagged Revisions). |
direction |
The direction you want the diff to go in from the revisionID you have provided. Options are "prev" (compare to the previous revision on that page), "next" (compare to the next revision on that page) and "cur" (compare to the current, extant version of the page). |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Warnings
MediaWiki's API is deliberately designed to restrict users' ability to make computing-intense requests - such as diff computation. As a result, the API only allows requests for one uncached diff in each request. If you ask for multiple diffs, some uncached and some cached, you will be provided with the cached diffs, one of the uncached diffs, and a warning.
If you're going to be asking for a lot of diffs, some of which may not be cached, it may be more
sensible to retrieve the revisions themselves using revision_content and compute the
diffs yourself.
See Also
page_content for retrieving the current content of a specific page, and
revision_content for retrieving the text of specific revisions.
Examples
## Not run:
#Wikimedia diff
wp_diff <- revision_diff("en","wikipedia", revisions = 552373187, direction = "next")
#Non-Wikimedia diff
rw_diff <- revision_diff(domain = "rationalwiki.org", revisions = 88616, direction = "next")
## End(Not run)
Retrieve user contributions
Description
Retrieves metadata associated with the most recent contributions by a specified user.
Usage
user_contributions(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
username,
properties = c("ids", "title", "timestamp", "comment", "parsedcomment", "size",
"sizediff", "flags", "tags"),
mainspace = FALSE,
limit = 50,
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
username |
The username of the user whose contributions you want to retrieve. Due to limitations at the API end, you can only retrieve edits for one user at a time. |
properties |
The metadata you want associated with each edit. Potential metadata includes "ids"
(the revision ID of the revision, which can be passed into |
mainspace |
A boolean flag; FALSE retrieves all of the most recent contributions, while TRUE limits the retrieved contributions to those in the 'mainspace' - in other words, edits to actual articles. Set to FALSE by default |
limit |
The number of edits to be retrieved. 50 is the maximum for logged-out API users, and putting in more than 50 will generate a warning. |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
See Also
user_information for information about a specific user (or group of users),
and recent_changes for non-user-specific recent actions.
Examples
## Not run:
#Retrieve the timestamps of a user's recent contributions to the English-language Wikipedia
contribs <- user_contributions("en", "wikipedia", username = "Ironholds",
properties = "timestamp")
#Retrieve the timestamps of a user's recent contributions to a non-Wikimedia wiki.
rw_contribs <- user_contributions(domain = "rationalwiki.org", username = "David Gerard",
properties = "ids", limit = 1)
## End(Not run)
Retrieve user information
Description
Retrieves information about a user, or set of users, from the MediaWiki API, including registration date, gender and editcount.
Usage
user_information(
language = NULL,
project = NULL,
domain = NULL,
user_names,
properties = c("blockinfo", "groups", "implicitgroups", "rights", "editcount",
"registration", "emailable", "gender"),
clean_response = FALSE,
...
)
Arguments
language |
The language code of the project you wish to query, if appropriate. |
project |
The project you wish to query ("wikiquote"), if appropriate.
Should be provided in conjunction with |
domain |
as an alternative to a |
user_names |
The username(s) of the users you want information on - this should be provided as a vector. There is a hard limit of 50 distinct users per query, set by MediaWiki's API; in the event that you go over this, a warning will be issued and the query will only be performed for the first 50 names in the vector. |
properties |
The user properties you're interested in. Applicable properties are "blockinfo" (details about the user's block, if they are currently blocked), "groups" (the user groups the user is a member of), "implicitgroups" (groups they are a member of through inheritance, as a result of membership in other groups), "rights" (what permissions their group membership grants them), "editcount" (how many non-deleted edits they have), "registration" (the date when they registered), "emailable" (whether they are contactable through Special:EmailUser) and "gender" (their provided gender). |
clean_response |
whether to do some basic sanitising of the resulting data structure. Set to FALSE by default. |
... |
further arguments to pass to httr's GET. |
Warnings
There are a few caveats with the data provided by user_information, mostly stemming from
historical inconsistencies and peculiarities in MediaWiki.
groups and implicitgroups gives you the user's permissions and group membership
on the project you are querying, not their membership on all projects - while you can find out
if "Ironholds" is not a sysop on, say, enwiki, that doesn't mean they aren't a sysop elsewhere
- there is no universal, API-accessible user groups listing.
As an extension of the lack of centrality in Wikimedia's infrastructure, registration
tells you the date their account was created on the wiki you are querying. If they initially
registered on that wiki, this is accurate - if they registered on a different wiki,
this instead reflects the date and time that they first visited the wiki you're querying
while logged-in. For users registered before 2006, when registration logging was introduced,
the registration value represents not when they first registered, but when their first
edit was, since that was used as an estimator for existing accounts when the field was first
populated.
See Also
user_contributions for retrieving recent contributions made by
a particular user.
Examples
## Not run:
#Retrieving information from a Wikimedia project
user_info <- user_information("en", "wikipedia", user_names = "David Gerard",
properties = "registration")
#Non-Wikimedia projects
user_info <- user_information(domain = "rationalwiki.org", user_names = "David Gerard",
properties = "registration")
## End(Not run)