as_qid function

Convert an input to a item QID

Convert an input string to the most likely item QID

as_qid(x)

Arguments

• x: a vector, data frame, or tibble of strings representaing wikidata items

Returns

if the inputted string is a valid QID, return the string. If the inputted string matches an item label, return its QID. If the inputted string matches multiple labels of multiple items, return the QID of the first hit.

Examples

# if input string is a valid QID
as_qid("Q42")
# if input string matches multiple item labels
as_qid("Douglas Adams")
# if input string matches a single unique label
as_qid("Douglas Adams and the question of arterial blood pressure in mammals")