ravelRy is an R package that provides access to the Ravelry API.
Ravelry describes itself as a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, weavers and dyers to keep track of their yarn, tools, project and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration.
Hex sticker yarn icon by Eucalyp via Flaticon.
You can install the development version of ravelRy from Github with:
RAVELRY_USERNAME and RAVELRY_PASSWORD in your .renviron file or via the console with the ravelry_auth() function.Retrieve a list of free patterns for baby hats.
library(ravelRy)
search_results <- search_patterns(query = 'hat', page_size = 5, availability = 'free', fit = 'baby')
search_results
#> # A tibble: 5 x 7
#> free id name permalink designer.id designer.name pattern_sources
#> <lgl> <int> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <list>
#> 1 TRUE 124400 Sockhe… sockhead-… 21767 Kelly McClure <df[,59] [3 × …
#> 2 TRUE 464893 Garter… garter-ea… 40686 Purl Soho <df[,59] [1 × …
#> 3 TRUE 991743 Done i… done-in-o… 57164 Jennifer Pio… <df[,59] [2 × …
#> 4 TRUE 528611 Classi… classic-c… 40686 Purl Soho <df[,59] [2 × …
#> 5 TRUE 585110 Quick … quick-omb… 82906 Emily Dormier <df[,59] [1 × …Get pattern details for those ids.
patterns <- get_patterns(ids = search_results$id)
patterns
#> # A tibble: 5 x 50
#> comments_count created_at currency difficulty_aver… difficulty_count
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <int>
#> 1 156 2009/05/2… "" 1.52 4887
#> 2 89 2014/01/2… "USD" 2.41 2449
#> 3 23 2014/10/2… "USD" 1.84 1158
#> 4 76 2015/06/0… "" 2.21 712
#> 5 1 2020/01/0… "USD" 2.25 4
#> # … with 45 more variables: downloadable <lgl>, favorites_count <int>,
#> # free <lgl>, gauge <chr>, gauge_divisor <int>, gauge_pattern <chr>,
#> # generally_available <chr>, id <int>, name <chr>, pdf_url <chr>,
#> # permalink <chr>, price <chr>, projects_count <int>, published <chr>,
#> # queued_projects_count <int>, rating_average <dbl>, rating_count <int>,
#> # row_gauge <chr>, updated_at <chr>, url <chr>, yardage <int>,
#> # yardage_max <int>, personal_attributes <chr>, sizes_available <chr>,
#> # product_id <chr>, currency_symbol <chr>, ravelry_download <lgl>,
#> # download_location <list>, pdf_in_library <lgl>,
#> # volumes_in_library <chr>, gauge_description <chr>,
#> # yarn_weight_description <chr>, yardage_description <chr>,
#> # pattern_needle_sizes <list>, notes_html <chr>, notes <chr>,
#> # packs <list>, printings <list>, yarn_weight <list>, craft <list>,
#> # pattern_categories <list>, pattern_attributes <list>,
#> # pattern_author <list>, photos <list>, pattern_type <list>More examples can be found here.