wikibase-api

wikibase-api is a Python library for simple access to the Wikibase API.

It simplifies the authentication process and can be used to query and edit information on Wikidata or any other Wikibase instance.

For a simpler, object-oriented abstraction of the Wikibase API, have a look at python-wikibase.

Installation

pip install wikibase-api

Usage

Simple example for fetching all information about a Wikidata page:

from wikibase_api import Wikibase

wb = Wikibase()
r = wb.entity.get("Q1")
print(r)

Output:

{
  "entities": {
    "Q1": {
      # ...
    }
  },
  "success": 1,
}

See the documentation for descriptions and examples of all commands.

Development

Contributing

Suggestions and contributions are always welcome! Please discuss larger changes via issue before submitting a pull request.

Setup

See this guide on how to set up a development environment for this package.

Related

• python-wikibase – Wikibase queries and edits made easy