aid: wikidata name: Wikidata description: >- Wikidata is a free, collaborative, multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It provides structured linked data for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, as well as a public platform for anyone to read and edit. Wikidata exposes several APIs including a Wikibase REST API for entity read/write operations, the MediaWiki Action API for batch entity retrieval and editing, a SPARQL endpoint for complex graph queries, Linked Data URIs for individual entity access in multiple RDF formats, a real-time Server-Sent Events stream for change monitoring, and full database dumps for bulk data processing. type: Index accessModel: pricing: freemium onboarding: self-serve trial: false try_now: true public: false label: Freemium ยท Self-serve signup confidence: high source: - plans - authentication generated: '2026-07-22' method: derived position: Consumer access: 3rd-Party image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/wikidata.png tags: - Knowledge Graph - Linked Data - Open Data - Semantic Web - SPARQL - Wikipedia created: '2025-01-01' modified: '2026-05-19' url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/apis.yml specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: wikidata:mediawiki-action-api name: MediaWiki Action API description: >- The MediaWiki Action API provides batch entity retrieval, editing, and search for Wikidata via wbgetentities, wbsearchentities, wbeditentity, and other actions. Supports up to 50 entities per request. Accessible at wikidata.org/w/api.php. humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/API baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php tags: - MediaWiki - Batch Operations - Entity Retrieval - Search properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/API - type: SDKs url: https://pypi.org/project/pywikibot/ title: Pywikibot (Python) - type: SDKs url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/wikibase-sdk title: wikibase-sdk (JavaScript) - type: SDKs url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Tools/Wikidata_Toolkit title: Wikidata Toolkit (Java) - aid: wikidata:sparql-query-service name: SPARQL Query Service description: >- The Wikidata Query Service provides a SPARQL 1.1 endpoint at query.wikidata.org for running complex graph queries over the full Wikidata knowledge base. Supports federated queries, GeoSPARQL, and time-aware queries. Data is CC0 licensed. humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service baseURL: https://query.wikidata.org/sparql tags: - SPARQL - Graph Query - Linked Data - Open Data properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikidata_Query_Service/User_Manual - type: APIReference url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/queries/examples - aid: wikidata:linked-data-interface name: Linked Data Interface description: >- The Wikidata Linked Data Interface provides individual entity data via content negotiation at http://www.wikidata.org/entity/{QID}. Supports JSON, JSON-LD, RDF/XML, Turtle, and N-Triples output formats. No authentication required. humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access#Linked_Data_Interface baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/entity tags: - Linked Data - RDF - JSON-LD - Content Negotiation properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access#Linked_Data_Interface - aid: wikidata:event-stream name: Recent Changes Event Stream description: >- The Wikimedia Event Stream provides real-time Server-Sent Events (SSE) for Wikidata changes, revision creations, and page events. Available at stream.wikimedia.org. Ideal for monitoring Wikidata edits in near-real-time. humanURL: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event_Platform/EventStreams baseURL: https://stream.wikimedia.org/v2/stream tags: - Event Streaming - Real-time - Server-Sent Events - Change Detection properties: - type: Documentation url: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event_Platform/EventStreams - aid: wikidata:wikidata-descriptions-api name: Wikidata Descriptions API description: Description management humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0 tags: - Descriptions properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/wikidata-descriptions-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API - type: JSONSchema url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-entity-schema.json - type: JSONLD url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wikidata-context.jsonld - aid: wikidata:wikidata-items-api name: Wikidata Items API description: Wikidata item (Q-entity) operations humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0 tags: - Items properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/wikidata-items-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API - type: JSONSchema url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-entity-schema.json - type: JSONLD url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wikidata-context.jsonld - aid: wikidata:wikidata-labels-api name: Wikidata Labels API description: Label management humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0 tags: - Labels properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/wikidata-labels-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API - type: JSONSchema url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-entity-schema.json - type: JSONLD url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wikidata-context.jsonld - aid: wikidata:wikidata-properties-api name: Wikidata Properties API description: Wikidata property (P-entity) operations humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0 tags: - Properties properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/wikidata-properties-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API - type: JSONSchema url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-entity-schema.json - type: JSONLD url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wikidata-context.jsonld - aid: wikidata:wikidata-statements-api name: Wikidata Statements API description: Statement (claim) operations humanURL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API baseURL: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0 tags: - Statements properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/wikidata-statements-api-openapi.yml - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API - type: JSONSchema url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-entity-schema.json - type: JSONLD url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wikidata-context.jsonld common: - type: PostmanWorkspace url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/wikidata/overview - type: AgenticAccess url: agentic-access/wikidata-agentic-access.yml - type: VulnerabilityDisclosure url: security/wikidata-vulnerability-disclosure.yml - type: DomainSecurity url: security/wikidata-domain-security.yml - type: Authentication url: authentication/wikidata-authentication.yml - type: OAuthScopes url: scopes/wikidata-scopes.yml - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wikidata-wf - type: Website url: https://www.wikidata.org/ - type: Portal url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access - type: Documentation url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/wikimedia - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki - type: TermsOfService url: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy - type: Support url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team - type: Blog url: https://blog.wikimedia.org/ - type: StatusPage url: https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ - type: RateLimits url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette - type: Authentication url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth/For_Developers - type: SpectralRules url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/rules/wikidata-spectral-rules.yml - type: Vocabulary url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/wikidata-vocabulary.yaml - type: Features data: - name: Multilingual Support description: All entities support labels, descriptions, and aliases in hundreds of languages via BCP 47 language codes. - name: Structured Statements description: >- Every claim is modeled as a statement with property, value, rank, qualifiers, and references for full provenance. - name: Open License description: All Wikidata content is released under CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain) โ€” no attribution required. - name: SPARQL Graph Queries description: >- Complex multi-hop queries over 100M+ entities via SPARQL 1.1 at query.wikidata.org with GeoSPARQL and time extensions. - name: Real-Time Event Streaming description: Server-Sent Events at stream.wikimedia.org deliver real-time change notifications for Wikidata edits. - name: Multiple Serialization Formats description: >- Entities available as JSON, JSON-LD, RDF/XML, Turtle, and N-Triples via content negotiation on Linked Data URIs. - name: Wikibase Federation description: >- Wikidata is an instance of Wikibase; federated SPARQL queries can cross Wikibase instances including Wikimedia Commons. - name: Database Dumps description: Full JSON and RDF/TTL database dumps refreshed weekly at dumps.wikimedia.org for local bulk processing. - type: UseCases data: - name: Knowledge Graph Augmentation description: >- Enrich private datasets with structured Wikidata facts โ€” entities, dates, relationships โ€” via item and SPARQL queries. - name: Fact-Checking and Verification description: >- Retrieve canonical statements with references to verify biographical, geographic, or scientific claims in text. - name: Wikipedia Infobox Data description: >- Power Wikipedia infoboxes and sister-project templates with live Wikidata entity data via the MediaWiki Action API. - name: NLP Entity Linking description: >- Resolve named entities from natural language to Wikidata Q-IDs using wbsearchentities and SPARQL label lookups. - name: Semantic Search description: >- Build ontology-aware search systems using Wikidata's P31 (instance of) and P279 (subclass of) property hierarchies. - name: Change Monitoring description: Track real-time edits to Wikidata entities relevant to a domain using the SSE event stream. - name: Linked Open Data Publishing description: Publish organizational data as Linked Open Data by aligning custom schemas to Wikidata properties and Q-IDs. - type: Integrations data: - name: Wikipedia description: Wikidata powers structured data for all Wikipedia language editions via Lua modules and infobox templates. - name: Wikimedia Commons description: Media files on Wikimedia Commons are described using Wikidata items via structured data on Commons. - name: OpenStreetMap description: OSM features are linked to Wikidata via the wikidata=* tag, enabling geographic entity cross-referencing. - name: Scholia description: Scholia is a Wikidata-based scholarly profile service that visualizes publications, authors, and institutions. - name: Reasonator description: Reasonator renders human-readable pages for Wikidata items, integrating maps, timelines, and media. - name: Mix'n'match description: Mix'n'match links Wikidata items to external databases (VIAF, ORCID, GND, etc.) for authority control. - name: OpenRefine description: OpenRefine has a Wikidata reconciliation service and can batch-upload tabular data as Wikidata statements. maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com