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action=wbsgetsuggestions

(main | wbsgetsuggestions)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • Source: PropertySuggester
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later

API module for getting suggestions of additional properties to add to a Wikibase entity. The API module is primarily intended for use by the suggester widget when users are editing Wikibase entities.

Parameters:
entity

Suggest properties for the given entity, based on existing list of properties that the entity has.

properties

Suggest additional properties for the given list of properties.

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
types

Suggest additional properties for the given list of types (these values are equal to ones that would be gathered through the classifyingPropertyIds if an entity is provided in the API call). Used in combination with the properties parameter.

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
limit

Maximum number of results.

Type: integer or max
The value must be between 0 and 50.
Default: 7
continue

Offset where to continue a search.

Type: integer
language

Language for result.

One of the following values: aa, ab, abs, ace, ady, ady-cyrl, aeb, aeb-arab, aeb-latn, af, agq, ak, aln, als, alt, am, ami, an, ang, anp, ar, arc, arn, arq, ary, arz, as, ase, ast, atj, av, avk, awa, ay, az, azb, ba, bag, ban, ban-bali, bar, bas, bat-smg, bax, bbc, bbc-latn, bbj, bcc, bci, bcl, be, be-tarask, be-x-old, bfd, bg, bgn, bh, bho, bi, bjn, bkc, bkh, bkm, blk, bm, bn, bo, bpy, bqi, bqz, br, brh, bs, btm, bto, bug, bxr, byv, ca, cak, cbk-zam, cdo, ce, ceb, ch, cho, chr, chy, ckb, cnh, co, cps, cr, crh, crh-cyrl, crh-latn, cs, csb, cu, cv, cy, da, dag, de, de-at, de-ch, de-formal, din, diq, dsb, dtp, dty, dua, dv, dz, ee, egl, el, eml, en, en-ca, en-gb, en-us, eo, es, es-419, es-formal, et, eto, etu, eu, ewo, ext, fa, fat, ff, fi, fit, fiu-vro, fj, fkv, fmp, fo, fon, fr, frc, frp, frr, fur, fy, ga, gaa, gag, gan, gan-hans, gan-hant, gcr, gd, gl, gld, glk, gn, gom, gom-deva, gom-latn, gor, got, gpe, grc, gsw, gu, guc, gur, guw, gv, gya, ha, hak, haw, he, hi, hif, hif-latn, hil, ho, hr, hrx, hsb, hsn, ht, hu, hu-formal, hy, hyw, hz, ia, id, ie, ig, ii, ik, ike-cans, ike-latn, ilo, inh, io, is, isu, it, iu, ja, jam, jbo, jut, jv, ka, kaa, kab, kbd, kbd-cyrl, kbp, kcg, kea, ker, kg, khw, ki, kiu, kj, kjp, kk, kk-arab, kk-cn, kk-cyrl, kk-kz, kk-latn, kk-tr, kl, km, kn, ko, ko-kp, koi, kr, krc, kri, krj, krl, ks, ks-arab, ks-deva, ksf, ksh, ksw, ku, ku-arab, ku-latn, kum, kv, kw, ky, la, lad, lb, lbe, lem, lez, lfn, lg, li, lij, liv, lki, lld, lmo, ln, lns, lo, loz, lrc, lt, ltg, lus, luz, lv, lzh, lzz, mad, mai, map-bms, mcn, mcp, mdf, mg, mh, mhr, mi, min, mk, ml, mn, mni, mnw, mo, mos, mr, mrh, mrj, ms, ms-arab, mt, mua, mus, mwl, my, myv, mzn, na, nah, nan, nan-hani, nap, nb, nds, nds-nl, ne, new, ng, nge, nia, niu, nl, nl-informal, nla, nmg, nmz, nn, nnh, nnz, no, nod, nov, nqo, nrm, nso, nv, ny, nyn, nys, oc, ojb, olo, om, or, os, osa-latn, ota, pa, pag, pam, pap, pap-aw, pcd, pcm, pdc, pdt, pfl, pi, pih, pl, pms, pnb, pnt, prg, ps, pt, pt-br, pwn, qu, quc, qug, rgn, rif, rm, rmc, rmf, rmy, rn, ro, roa-rup, roa-tara, rsk, ru, rue, rup, ruq, ruq-cyrl, ruq-latn, rw, rwr, ryu, sa, sah, sat, sc, scn, sco, sd, sdc, sdh, se, se-fi, se-no, se-se, sei, ses, sg, sgs, sh, shi, shi-latn, shi-tfng, shn, shy, shy-latn, si, simple, sjd, sje, sju, sk, skr, skr-arab, sl, sli, sm, sma, smj, smn, sms, sn, so, sq, sr, sr-ec, sr-el, srn, sro, srq, ss, st, stq, sty, su, sv, sw, syl, szl, szy, ta, tay, tcy, tdd, te, tet, tg, tg-cyrl, tg-latn, th, ti, tk, tl, tly, tly-cyrl, tn, to, tpi, tr, tru, trv, ts, tt, tt-cyrl, tt-latn, tum, tvu, tw, ty, tyv, tzm, udm, ug, ug-arab, ug-latn, uk, ur, uz, uz-cyrl, uz-latn, ve, vec, vep, vi, vls, vmf, vmw, vo, vot, vro, vut, wa, war, wes, wls, wo, wuu, wya, xal, xh, xmf, xsy, yas, yat, yav, ybb, yi, yo, yrl, yue, za, zea, zgh, zh, zh-classical, zh-cn, zh-hans, zh-hant, zh-hk, zh-min-nan, zh-mo, zh-my, zh-sg, zh-tw, zh-yue, zu
Default: en
context

Either item, reference or qualifier.

One of the following values: item, qualifier, reference
Default: item
include

Which suggestions to include: Per default only properties that might be added (non-deprecated, not yet present) will be suggested.

One of the following values: Can be empty, or all
Default: (empty)
search

Search for this text.

Default: (empty)
event

Event ID used to match events recorded client and server side.

Default: (empty)
Examples:
Get suggestions for entity Q4
api.php?action=wbsgetsuggestions&entity=Q4 [open in sandbox]
Get suggestions for entity Q4 from rank 10 to 15
api.php?action=wbsgetsuggestions&entity=Q4&continue=10&limit=5 [open in sandbox]
Get suggestions for the property combination P21 and P31
api.php?action=wbsgetsuggestions&properties=P31|P21 [open in sandbox]
Get suggestions for the qualifiers that are used with P21
api.php?action=wbsgetsuggestions&properties=P21&context=qualifier [open in sandbox]
Get suggestions for the references that are used with P21
api.php?action=wbsgetsuggestions&properties=P21&context=reference [open in sandbox]