Take a look at these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Creating_a_bot#Java
I haven't used any of them but I imagine one or more will fit your needs for mediawiki action api interaction. Addshore On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 22:53, Raveesh Meena <rave...@csc.kth.se> wrote: > Hi Lucas, > > Thanks for explaining the differences in the results of searches using > Wikibase API > and MediaWiki API (reference thread below). > > I have been using the Wikidata-Toolkit to query Wikidata using the > *wbsearchentities > <http://wikidata.github.io/Wikidata-Toolkit/org/wikidata/wdtk/wikibaseapi/WikibaseDataFetcher.html>* > implementation. > Now, the documentation about MediaWiki Action API > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page#Uses_for_the_MediaWiki_Action_API> > seems to suggest that it is a web-service for accessing (wiki like) > databases . > I am currently interested in programatically querying Wikidata without having > to host a complete service and wondering if there are > easy to use MediaWiki API implementation (in Java) that I can use to query > Wikidata to fetch results corresponding to: > > "action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=SEARCHTERM&gsrnamespace=0|120 > *"* > > In other words, I want to know if there are libraries to achieve this > progamatically using Java. > > Thanks and regards > Raveesh > >* On 12/1/18 2:38 AM, Lucas Werkmeister wrote: > *>>* wbsearchentities is a Wikibase-specific API; the normal MediaWiki search > *>>* function uses a different search configuration, which you can query in > *>>* the API via: > *>>>>* action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=SEARCHTERM&gsrnamespace=0|120 > *>>>>* For example: > *>>>>* > https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=maruti&gsrnamespace=0|120&formatversion=2 > > <https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=maruti&gsrnamespace=0%7C120&formatversion=2> > *>>>>* Note that you need to sort the result list by the 'index' of each > result > *>>* (I’m not sure why the API doesn’t do that for you). > *>>>>* Cheers, > *>>* Lucas > *>>>>* On 30.11.18 18:12, Raveesh Meena wrote: > *>>>* Hi, > *>>>>>>* The search results obtained by these two approaches are ordered > *>>>* differently: > *>>>>>>* method1: using the wikidata API > *>>>* <https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main > <https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main>> > *>>>* > https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=Maruti&language=en > > <https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=Maruti&language=en> > *>>>>>>* method2: search on wikidata Page > *>>>* > <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=&search=&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go > > <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=&search=&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go>> > *>>>* > https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=&search=Maruti&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go > > <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=&search=Maruti&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go> > *>>>>>>* Intrestingly, in method2, the search suggestion drop-down list has > the > *>>>* same order as that of method1 (see screenshot). > *>>>>>>* q1. How can I obtain results in the same order as that of method2 > *>>>* using the wikidata API (i.e., method 1). > *>>>>>>* q2. Which of the two ordering is in general more > *>>>* "relevant/accurate/better" > *>>>>>>* Thanks for any help/hints. > *>>>>>>* Best regards, > *>>>* Raveesh > *>>> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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