Okay, now I get it - thanks again. On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:21 AM Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >>> >> >> >> -- >> WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com
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