The "uselang" parameter applies to the base (main) module, and automatically gets used by other modules that are part of the API call: https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:01 AM Yaron Koren <ya...@wikiworks.com> wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > Great, thank you! > > It looks like "uselang" still needs to be added to the documentation for > this API action: > > https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=wbsearchentities > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:46 AM Dmitry Brant <dbr...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Yep, just add the "uselang" parameter: >> >> >> https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=fr&type=item&search=m&uselang=fr >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:37 AM Yaron Koren <yaro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> When you call the "wbsearchentities" API, the main label and description >>> returned for each item are always hardcoded in English. (Which is strange.) >>> Thankfully, it also returns the label for each item in the specified >>> language - here is an example: >>> >>> >>> https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=fr&type=item&search=m >>> >>> However, it doesn't seem like there's any way to get the *description* >>> of each item in the specified language. Is there? >>> >>> -Yaron >>> >>> -- >>> WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikidata mailing list >>> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dmitry Brant >> Senior Software Engineer (Android) >> Wikimedia Foundation >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> > > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- Dmitry Brant Senior Software Engineer (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
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