How to get the name of a Wikidata item

Question

Let's say I have a Wikidata item QID Q19675, and want to get the name of that item in Spanish.

While getting a property like P281 postal code is easy, how to get the name, which for some reason is not a normal property? Preferably via the REST API.

Wikidata item name

@Nicolas_Raoul, getting a property like P281 postal code is easy? But how? I tried to use SPARQL: http://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/10334/get-items-properties-know-qid but maybe you know better way. — Alexan, Dec 29 '16 at 21:02
I already asked http://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/10334/get-items-properties-know-qid — Alexan, Jan 01 '17 at 17:15

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '15 at 11:36

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You probably want this:

https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities&props=labels&ids=Q19675&languages=es

The API command in English: Get information about some entities (action=wbgetentities), namely the label properties (props=labels) of item Q19675 (ids=Q19675) in Spanish (languages=es).

For more details, have a look at the full documentation of wbgetentities.

answered May 14 '15 at 11:36

Patrick Hoefler

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but cab I use Wikidata Query Service SPARQL for this? – Alexan Oct 24 '16 at 00:44
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@Alex Yes, but please ask a new question, because this one focuses on the REST API. – Patrick Hoefler Oct 24 '16 at 08:19

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '17 at 00:35

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You can get it also using SPARQL:

SELECT DISTINCT * WHERE {
  wd:Q19675 rdfs:label ?label . 
  FILTER (langMatches( lang(?label), "ES" ) )  
}

See it on Wikidata Query Service.

answered Jan 03 '17 at 00:35

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How to get the name of a Wikidata item

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