Get description of Wikidata thing

Get description of Wikidata thing

get_description(id, language = "en")

Arguments

id	a Wikidata ID, either of an item ("Qxxxxx") or of a property ("Pxxxxx"), or the item itself.
language	language of description, defaults to English ("en")

Examples

thing=get_thing("wd:Q431603")
get_description(thing)
#> [1] "defines and represents the interests of a particular social group or industry"