py-ez-wikidata 0.4.2

python wikidata access via dicts

py_ez_wikidata

Mapping for Wikidata allows simplified / easy creation of wikidata entries from dicts

Docs

Wiki

CLI (ezwd)

ezwd creates Wikidata items from a simple YAML/JSON record via a named property mapping. It is dry-run by default — add -w to actually write.

Search

ezwd -s "Robert David"

Inspect a mapping

ezwd -m scholar --list-mappings

Create from a record

robert_david.yaml:

label: Robert David
description: knowledge graph researcher
instanceof: Q5
orcid: "0000-0002-3244-5341"
dblp: "173/3493-1"
linkedInId: "robert-david-39b47692"

# dry-run (nothing written)
ezwd -m scholar -r robert_david.yaml
# write to production Wikidata
ezwd -m scholar -r robert_david.yaml -w

The example above created Q140424194 (instance of human, with ORCID, DBLP and LinkedIn). Only add an identifier once you have verified it belongs to this exact person — do not bulk-copy IDs from an author record that may aggregate homonyms.

Endpoint selection

ezwd -m scholar -r robert_david.yaml --test    # target test.wikidata.org
ezwd -m scholar -r robert_david.yaml --baseurl https://www.wikidata.org

Note: test.wikidata.org uses different property / item IDs than production, so a production-PID mapping (like scholar) will not validate there without a test-specific mapping.