getWikiPic

Get the thumbnail image from any Wikipedia page

getWikiPic(
  x,
  width = 220,
  picSaveDir = tempdir(),
  quiet = T,
  openDir = F,
  clearCache = F
)

Arguments

x	search term for finding a Wikipedia page
width	the width of the downloaded image in pixels; default=220
picSaveDir	the location to download images to; default=tempdir(); use paste0(getwd(),"/wiki") to save to a subfolder in your working directory or file.choose() to pic a location on the fly
quiet	suppress verbose feedback? default=T
openDir	open the picSaveDir location to browse images in finder/windows explorer? default=F
clearCache	WARNING delete the picSaveDir? This will delete the whole directory, so never set picSaveDir to getwd(); default=F

Details

Downloads the top right image in the infobox of a wikipage determined by your search term. Also caches this image so if you ask for the same image again, it doesn't download it.