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action=wbsearchentities

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

Searches for entities using labels and aliases.

Returns a label and description for the entity in the user language if possible. Returns details of the matched term. The matched term text is also present in the aliases key if different from the display label.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
search

Search for this text.

This parameter is required.
language

Search in this language. This only affects how entities are selected, not the language in which the results are returned: this is controlled by the "uselang" parameter.

This parameter is required.
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
strictlanguage

Whether to disable language fallback

Type: boolean (details)
type

Search for this type of entity.

One of the following values: item, property
Default: item
limit

Maximal 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
Default: 0
props

Return these properties for each entity.

Values (separate with | or alternative): url
Default: url
profile

The search profile to use.

default
The default profile, suitable for most purposes.
One of the following values: default
Default: default
Examples:
Search for "abc" in English language, with defaults for type and limit
api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=abc&language=en [open in sandbox]
Search for "abc" in English language with a limit of 50
api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=abc&language=en&limit=50 [open in sandbox]
Search for "abc" in English language with a limit of 2 and an offset of 2
api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=abc&language=en&limit=2&continue=2 [open in sandbox]
Search for "alphabet" in English language for type property
api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=alphabet&language=en&type=property [open in sandbox]
Search for "alphabet" in English language omitting url parameter
api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=alphabet&language=en&props= [open in sandbox]
Search for "Q1234" in English language, to match the entity ID.
api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=Q1234&language=en [open in sandbox]