Access the item metadata from an Internet Archive item
Value
A data frame containing the metadata, with columns id for the
item identifier, field for the name of the metadata field, and
value for the metadata values.
Examples
ats_query <- c("publisher" = "american tract society")
ids <- ia_search(ats_query, num_results = 3)
#> 1540 total items found. This query requested 3 results.
items <- ia_get_items(ids)
#> Getting jamesshermankimb00kimb
#> Getting memoirofnathanwd0000abbo
#> Getting memoiroflifeofja00stonrich
metadata <- ia_metadata(items)
#> Warning: `data_frame()` was deprecated in tibble 1.1.0.
#> ℹ Please use `tibble()` instead.
#> ℹ The deprecated feature was likely used in the internetarchive package.
#> Please report the issue at
#> <https://github.com/ropensci/internetarchive/issues>.
metadata
#> # A tibble: 153 × 3
#> id field value
#> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 jamesshermankimb00kimb title James Sherman Kimball. A sketch
#> 2 jamesshermankimb00kimb creator Kimball, James William, 1812-1885
#> 3 jamesshermankimb00kimb subject1 Kimball, James Sherman, d. 1864
#> 4 jamesshermankimb00kimb subject2 United States Christian Commission
#> 5 jamesshermankimb00kimb description A record of service with the U.S. Ch…
#> 6 jamesshermankimb00kimb publisher Boston, The American Tract Society
#> 7 jamesshermankimb00kimb date 1865
#> 8 jamesshermankimb00kimb language eng
#> 9 jamesshermankimb00kimb page-progression lr
#> 10 jamesshermankimb00kimb sponsor Sloan Foundation
#> # ℹ 143 more rows