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

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
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  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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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 9, 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"),
                      email = "ironholds@gmail.com"),
               person(given = "Brock",
                      family = "Tilbert",
                      role = "ctb"),
               person(given = "Clemens",
                      family = "Schmid",
                 
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",
                 

Reverse Dependencies (3)

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies httr jsonlite magrittr tosca wikilake wikitaxa WikipediR

Version History

new 1.7.1 Mar 9, 2026