User:Dan Shick (WMDE)/Drafts/Splarn

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=uk GET: /items/Q42/labels/uk
Get the value for P569 (date of birth) for Item Q42 ?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q42&property=P569 GET: /items/Q42/statements?property=P569
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 PUT: /items/Q42/descriptions/en
If not already set, add Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID "42" to Q42 (Douglas Adams)

?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q42&property=P5365 If that returns no result -- ?action=wbcreateclaim&entity=Q42&property=P5365&snaktype=value&value=%2242%22

GET: /items/Q42/statements?property=P5365 If that returns an empty JSON object -- POST: /items/Q42/statements

{
  "statement": {
	"rank": "normal",
	"property": {
  	  "id": "P5365"
	},
	"value": {
  	  "content": "42",
  	  "type": "value"
	}
  }
}
Get the English Wikipedia sitelink for Q42 ?action=wbgetentities&ids=Q42&props=sitelinks&sitefilter=enwiki GET: /items/Q42

locate the "sitelinks/enwiki" key