Get all contents of any Thing

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Hello all,

I am working on a project and wanted to know what is the easiest way to get all the triples out of any given Thing in a generic format using the Inrupt client libraries. If anyone has a recommendation, thanks.

Thanks

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The toRdfJsDataset function can give you an RDF/JS Dataset containing all Triples in a SolidDataset, which is fairly generic.

If you want just the Triples from a single Thing, you can either create a SolidDataset with just that thing:

const thingSolidDataset = setThing(createSolidDataset, thingToExport);
// You can now call toRdfJsDataset(thingSolidDataset)

or filter the Triples with the Thing’s Subject from the RDF/JS Dataset:

// Assuming you've got the RDF/JS Dataset in rdfJsDataset
const thingTriples = rdfJsDataset.match(new NamedNode(asUrl(thing)), null, null, null);

You’ll also need a library that implements RDF/JS NamedNodes for that last option.

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