Wikidata:REST API/Comparison
Comparison of API calls
editThe following table shows some typical API tasks and how they can be performed using the Action API and the Wikibase REST API.
| Task | Action API
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php |
Wikibase REST API https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0/entities | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get the label in a given language (uk) for Item Q42 | ?action=wbgetentities&ids=Q42&props=labels&languages=en
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GET: /items/Q42/labels/en
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| Get the value for P569 (date of birth) for Item Q42 | ?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q42&property=P569
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GET: /items/Q42/statements?property=P569
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| Set the English description of Q42 to “English science fiction writer and humourist” | ?action=wbsetdescription&id=Q42&language=en&value=English%20science&20fiction%20writer%20and%20humourist
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PUT: /items/Q42/descriptions/en
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| If not already set, add Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID "42" to Q42 (Douglas Adams) |
If that returns no result:
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GET: If that returns an empty JSON object: POST: {
"statement": {
"rank": "normal",
"property": {
"id": "P5365"
},
"value": {
"content": "42",
"type": "value"
}
}
}
|
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| Get the English Wikipedia sitelink for Q42 | ?action=wbgetentities&ids=Q42&props=sitelinks&sitefilter=enwiki
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GET: /items/Q42
locate the "sitelinks/enwiki" key |