Look up party Wikipedia URL — lookup_party

Search the Partyfacts Wikipedia dataset for a party by name and/or country.

Usage

lookup_party_url(party_name, country = NULL, data = NULL, exact = FALSE)

Arguments

party_name: A character string to search for in party names. The search is case-insensitive and matches partial names.
country: Optional. ISO 3-letter country code (e.g., "DEU", "USA", "GBR") to filter results.
data: Optional. A Partyfacts dataset (from [get_partyfacts_wikipedia()]). If not provided, downloads the data automatically.
exact: Logical. If `TRUE`, requires exact match on party name. Default is `FALSE` (partial matching).

Value

A tibble with matching parties and their Wikipedia URLs.

Examples

# \donttest{
if (curl::has_internet()) {
  # Search for parties with "Democratic" in the name
  lookup_party_url("Democratic")

  # Search within a specific country
  lookup_party_url("SPD", country = "DEU")

  # Exact match
  lookup_party_url("CDU", country = "DEU", exact = TRUE)
}
#> # A tibble: 1 × 8
#>   country partyfacts_id url            name_short name  name_native year_founded
#>   <chr>           <int> <chr>          <chr>      <chr> <chr>              <int>
#> 1 DEU              1375 https://en.wi… CDU        Chri… Christlich…         1945
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: year_dissolved <int>
# }