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Wikidata API - SPARQL Queries and Entity Search

Query Wikidata, the free knowledge graph behind Wikipedia: run any SPARQL query and get flat rows, or search entities by label and get ID, label, description, aliases, type, country, inception, birth date, website, coordinates, Wikipedia title and sitelink count.

$0.08 per 1,000 rows

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What it returns

Query Wikidata, the free knowledge graph behind Wikipedia: run any SPARQL query and get flat rows, or search entities by label and get ID, label, description, aliases, type, country, inception, birth date, website, coordinates, Wikipedia title and sitelink count.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/wikidata-query/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
sparqlstringAny Wikidata Query Service query; add SERVICE wikibase:label for labels.
searchstringLabel, e.g. Douglas Adams
typestring: item, property Default: "item".
languagestringDefault en
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/wikidata-query/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.08 per 1,000 rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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