GET /w/api.php
Summary: Get Wikidata entities
Operation ID: wbGetEntities
Auth: unknown
Operation ID: wbGetEntities
Auth: unknown
Description
Retrieves data from one or more Wikidata entities (items or properties). Use action=wbgetentities.
Parameters (7)
action
(string, query, required)
Must be 'wbgetentities' to retrieve entities
Constraints: {'enum': ['wbgetentities']}
format
(string, query, optional, default: json)
Output format
Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'jsonfm', 'xml', 'xmlfm', 'php', 'none']}
ids
(string, query, optional)
IDs of the entities to retrieve (e.g., Q42, P31). Separate multiple IDs with pipe '|'.
languages
(string, query, optional)
Language codes for labels/descriptions to return (comma-separated, e.g., 'en,de,fr')
props
(string, query, optional, default: info|sitelinks|aliases|labels|descriptions|claims|datatype)
Properties to retrieve (pipe-separated: info, sitelinks, aliases, labels, descriptions, claims, datatype)
sites
(string, query, optional)
Sites to query for titles (e.g., enwiki, dewiki). Required when using titles.
titles
(string, query, optional)
Page titles to look up. Cannot be used with ids.
Examples (2)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get Wikidata entities | openapi-spec |
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?ids=Q42|P31&languages=en,de,fr |
|
| Get Wikidata entities | probe-gate |
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?ids=Q42%7CP31&languages=en%2Cde%2Cfr&props=info%7Csitelinks%7Caliases%7Clabels%7Cdescriptions%7Cclaims%7Cdatatype&format=json |
Probe History
Status Codes
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:34:31.343601 | 200 | 657ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:00:07.859055 | 200 | 741ms | |
| 2026-03-21T18:00:35.545383 | 200 | 847ms |
Response Changes
| When | Old | New |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:00:07.859055 | 5e549cd3ab16 |
6c0f3bade55d |
| 2026-03-23 09:34:31.343601 | 6c0f3bade55d |
cf17fd5e5a14 |