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Search Wikidata entities as JSON

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MediaWiki action API over Wikidata — search entities, fetch labels and descriptions. No key; send a descriptive User-Agent per Wikimedia policy.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 90 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
585P50 · ms
3283P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 203 ms, slowest 1841 ms, most recent 316 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php/?action=wbsearchentities&search=python&language=en&format=json&limit=1

{
  "searchinfo": {
    "search": "python"
  },
  "search": [
    {
      "id": "Q28865",
      "title": "Q28865",
      "pageid": 32213,
      "concepturi": "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28865",
      "repository": "wikidata",
      "url": "//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28865",
      "display": {
        "label": {
          "value": "Python",
          "language": "en"
        },
        "description": {
          "value": "general-purpose programming language",
          "language": "en"
        }
      },
      "label": "Python"
    }
  ],
  "search-continue": 1,
  "success": 1
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php/?action=wbsearchentities&search=python&language=en&format=json&limit=1"
const res = await fetch("https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php/?action=wbsearchentities&search=python&language=en&format=json&limit=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php/?action=wbsearchentities&search=python&language=en&format=json&limit=1")
print(res.json())

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Endpoints · 3HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /?action=wbsearchentities&search=python&language=en&format=json&limit=1585 mschecked 5h ago
GET/?action=wbsearchentities&search=python&language=en&format=json&limit=1PROBED

Search Wikidata entities as JSON

GET/?limit=5

Wikidata root or index route.

GET/?page=1

Wikidata root or index route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Wikidata: common questions

Is Wikidata free to use?

Yes — Wikidata is a free open data API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Wikidata need an API key?

No — Wikidata needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Wikidata from the browser?

Not directly — Wikidata doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Wikidata up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Wikidata is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 585 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.