Execute a SPARQL Query via POST to the Data Commons API

Usage

dc_post_sparql(
  query,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("DATACOMMONS_API_KEY"),
  base_url = Sys.getenv("DATACOMMONS_BASE_URL", unset =
    "https://api.datacommons.org/v2/"),
  return_type = "json"
)

Arguments

query: A character string containing a valid SPARQL query.
api_key: Your Data Commons API key. If not provided, uses the environment variable DATACOMMONS_API_KEY.
base_url: The base URL of the Data Commons API. Defaults to the public endpoint. For custom deployments, must end with /core/api/v2/.
return_type: Return format: either "list" (parsed R object) or "json" (JSON string).

Value

A list or JSON string, depending on return_type.

Details

Sends a SPARQL query to the Data Commons SPARQL endpoint using a POST request.

This function is deprecated because the public Data Commons API (https://api.datacommons.org/v2/) has retired its SPARQL endpoint and now responds with HTTP 410 Gone. It still works against custom Data Commons deployments that support SPARQL queries, but will be removed in a future release.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get a list of all cities with a particular property
query <- c(
  paste0(
    "SELECT DISTINCT ?subject ",
    "WHERE {?subject unDataLabel ?object . ?subject typeOf City} LIMIT 10"
  )
)
dc_post_sparql(query)

# Get a list of biological specimens
query <- c(
  paste0(
    "SELECT DISTINCT ?name ",
    "WHERE {?biologicalSpecimen typeOf BiologicalSpecimen . ",
    "?biologicalSpecimen name ?name} ",
    "ORDER BY DESC(?name)",
    "LIMIT 10"
  )
)
dc_post_sparql(query)
} # }