MediaWiki API help - Wikidata (original) (raw)

This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.

Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

(main | wbsetdescription)

Sets a description for a single Wikibase entity.

Specific parameters:

id

The identifier for the entity, including the prefix. Use either id or site and title together.

new

If set, a new entity will be created. Set this to the type of the entity you want to create.

One of the following values: item, property

site

An identifier for the site on which the page resides. Use together with title to make a complete sitelink.

One of the following values: aawiki, aawikibooks, aawiktionary, abwiki, abwiktionary, acewiki, adywiki, afwiki, afwikibooks, afwikiquote, afwiktionary, akwiki, akwikibooks, akwiktionary, alswiki, alswikibooks, alswikiquote, alswiktionary, altwiki, amiwiki, amwiki, amwikiquote, amwiktionary, angwiki, angwikibooks, angwikiquote, angwikisource, angwiktionary, annwiki, anpwiki, anwiki, anwiktionary, arcwiki, arwiki, arwikibooks, arwikinews, arwikiquote, arwikisource, arwikiversity, arwiktionary, arywiki, arzwiki, astwiki, astwikibooks, astwikiquote, astwiktionary, aswiki, aswikibooks, aswikiquote, aswikisource, aswiktionary, atjwiki, avkwiki, avwiki, avwiktionary, awawiki, aywiki, aywikibooks, aywiktionary, azbwiki, azwiki, azwikibooks, azwikiquote, azwikisource, azwiktionary, banwiki, banwikisource, barwiki, bat_smgwiki, bawiki, bawikibooks, bbcwiki, bclwiki, bclwikiquote, bclwikisource, bclwiktionary, bdrwiki, be_x_oldwiki, bewiki, bewikibooks, bewikiquote, bewikisource, bewiktionary, bewwiki, bgwiki, bgwikibooks, bgwikinews, bgwikiquote, bgwikisource, bgwiktionary, bhwiki, bhwiktionary, biwiki, biwikibooks, biwiktionary, bjnwiki, bjnwikiquote, bjnwiktionary, blkwiki, blkwiktionary, bmwiki, bmwikibooks, bmwikiquote, bmwiktionary, bnwiki, bnwikibooks, bnwikiquote, bnwikisource, bnwikivoyage, bnwiktionary, bowiki, bowikibooks, bowiktionary, bpywiki, brwiki, brwikiquote, brwikisource, brwiktionary, bswiki, bswikibooks, bswikinews, bswikiquote, bswikisource, bswiktionary, btmwiki, btmwiktionary, bugwiki, bxrwiki, cawiki, cawikibooks, cawikinews, cawikiquote, cawikisource, cawiktionary, cbk_zamwiki, cdowiki, cebwiki, cewiki, chowiki, chrwiki, chrwiktionary, chwiki, chwikibooks, chwiktionary, chywiki, ckbwiki, ckbwiktionary, commonswiki, cowiki, cowikibooks, cowikiquote, cowiktionary, crhwiki, crwiki, crwikiquote, crwiktionary, csbwiki, csbwiktionary, cswiki, cswikibooks, cswikinews, cswikiquote, cswikisource, cswikiversity, cswikivoyage, cswiktionary, cuwiki, cvwiki, cvwikibooks, cywiki, cywikibooks, cywikiquote, cywikisource, cywiktionary, dagwiki, dawiki, dawikibooks, dawikiquote, dawikisource, dawiktionary, dewiki, dewikibooks, dewikinews, dewikiquote, dewikisource, dewikiversity, dewikivoyage, dewiktionary, dgawiki, dinwiki, diqwiki, diqwiktionary, dsbwiki, dtpwiki, dtywiki, dvwiki, dvwiktionary, dzwiki, dzwiktionary, eewiki, elwiki, elwikibooks, elwikinews, elwikiquote, elwikisource, elwikiversity, elwikivoyage, elwiktionary, emlwiki, enwiki, enwikibooks, enwikinews, enwikiquote, enwikisource, enwikiversity, enwikivoyage, enwiktionary, eowiki, eowikibooks, eowikinews, eowikiquote, eowikisource, eowikivoyage, eowiktionary, eswiki, eswikibooks, eswikinews, eswikiquote, eswikisource, eswikiversity, eswikivoyage, eswiktionary, etwiki, etwikibooks, etwikiquote, etwikisource, etwiktionary, euwiki, euwikibooks, euwikiquote, euwikisource, euwiktionary, extwiki, fatwiki, fawiki, fawikibooks, fawikinews, fawikiquote, fawikisource, fawikivoyage, fawiktionary, ffwiki, fiu_vrowiki, fiwiki, fiwikibooks, fiwikinews, fiwikiquote, fiwikisource, fiwikiversity, fiwikivoyage, fiwiktionary, fjwiki, fjwiktionary, fonwiki, foundationwiki, fowiki, fowikisource, fowiktionary, frpwiki, frrwiki, frwiki, frwikibooks, frwikinews, frwikiquote, frwikisource, frwikiversity, frwikivoyage, frwiktionary, furwiki, fywiki, fywikibooks, fywiktionary, gagwiki, ganwiki, gawiki, gawikibooks, gawikiquote, gawiktionary, gcrwiki, gdwiki, gdwiktionary, glkwiki, glwiki, glwikibooks, glwikiquote, glwikisource, glwiktionary, gnwiki, gnwikibooks, gnwiktionary, gomwiki, gomwiktionary, gorwiki, gorwikiquote, gorwiktionary, gotwiki, gotwikibooks, gpewiki, gucwiki, gurwiki, guwiki, guwikibooks, guwikiquote, guwikisource, guwiktionary, guwwiki, guwwikinews, guwwikiquote, guwwiktionary, gvwiki, gvwiktionary, hakwiki, hawiki, hawiktionary, hawwiki, hewiki, hewikibooks, hewikinews, hewikiquote, hewikisource, hewikivoyage, hewiktionary, hifwiki, hifwiktionary, hiwiki, hiwikibooks, hiwikiquote, hiwikisource, hiwikiversity, hiwikivoyage, hiwiktionary, howiki, hrwiki, hrwikibooks, hrwikiquote, hrwikisource, hrwiktionary, hsbwiki, hsbwiktionary, htwiki, htwikisource, huwiki, huwikibooks, huwikinews, huwikiquote, huwikisource, huwiktionary, hywiki, hywikibooks, hywikiquote, hywikisource, hywiktionary, hywwiki, hzwiki, iawiki, iawikibooks, iawiktionary, ibawiki, idwiki, idwikibooks, idwikiquote, idwikisource, idwiktionary, iewiki, iewikibooks, iewiktionary, iglwiki, igwiki, igwikiquote, igwiktionary, iiwiki, ikwiki, ikwiktionary, ilowiki, inhwiki, iowiki, iowiktionary, iswiki, iswikibooks, iswikiquote, iswikisource, iswiktionary, itwiki, itwikibooks, itwikinews, itwikiquote, itwikisource, itwikiversity, itwikivoyage, itwiktionary, iuwiki, iuwiktionary, jamwiki, jawiki, jawikibooks, jawikinews, jawikiquote, jawikisource, jawikiversity, jawikivoyage, jawiktionary, jbowiki, jbowiktionary, jvwiki, jvwikisource, jvwiktionary, kaawiki, kaawiktionary, kabwiki, kawiki, kawikibooks, kawikiquote, kawikisource, kawiktionary, kbdwiki, kbdwiktionary, kbpwiki, kcgwiki, kcgwiktionary, kgewiki, kgwiki, kiwiki, kjwiki, kkwiki, kkwikibooks, kkwikiquote, kkwiktionary, klwiki, klwiktionary, kmwiki, kmwikibooks, kmwiktionary, knwiki, knwikibooks, knwikiquote, knwikisource, knwiktionary, koiwiki, kowiki, kowikibooks, kowikinews, kowikiquote, kowikisource, kowikiversity, kowiktionary, krcwiki, krwiki, krwikiquote, kshwiki, kswiki, kswikibooks, kswikiquote, kswiktionary, kuswiki, kuwiki, kuwikibooks, kuwikiquote, kuwiktionary, kvwiki, kwwiki, kwwikiquote, kwwiktionary, kywiki, kywikibooks, kywikiquote, kywiktionary, ladwiki, lawiki, lawikibooks, lawikiquote, lawikisource, lawiktionary, lbewiki, lbwiki, lbwikibooks, lbwikiquote, lbwiktionary, lezwiki, lfnwiki, lgwiki, lijwiki, lijwikisource, liwiki, liwikibooks, liwikinews, liwikiquote, liwikisource, liwiktionary, lldwiki, lmowiki, lmowiktionary, lnwiki, lnwikibooks, lnwiktionary, lowiki, lowiktionary, lrcwiki, ltgwiki, ltwiki, ltwikibooks, ltwikiquote, ltwikisource, ltwiktionary, lvwiki, lvwikibooks, lvwiktionary, madwiki, madwiktionary, maiwiki, map_bmswiki, mdfwiki, mediawikiwiki, metawiki, mgwiki, mgwikibooks, mgwiktionary, mhrwiki, mhwiki, mhwiktionary, minwiki, minwiktionary, miwiki, miwikibooks, miwiktionary, mkwiki, mkwikibooks, mkwikisource, mkwiktionary, mlwiki, mlwikibooks, mlwikiquote, mlwikisource, mlwiktionary, mniwiki, mniwiktionary, mnwiki, mnwikibooks, mnwiktionary, mnwwiki, mnwwiktionary, moswiki, mowiki, mowiktionary, mrjwiki, mrwiki, mrwikibooks, mrwikiquote, mrwikisource, mrwiktionary, mswiki, mswikibooks, mswikisource, mswiktionary, mtwiki, mtwiktionary, muswiki, mwlwiki, myvwiki, mywiki, mywikibooks, mywikisource, mywiktionary, mznwiki, nahwiki, nahwikibooks, nahwiktionary, napwiki, napwikisource, nawiki, nawikibooks, nawikiquote, nawiktionary, nds_nlwiki, ndswiki, ndswikibooks, ndswikiquote, ndswiktionary, newiki, newikibooks, newiktionary, newwiki, ngwiki, niawiki, niawiktionary, nlwiki, nlwikibooks, nlwikinews, nlwikiquote, nlwikisource, nlwikivoyage, nlwiktionary, nnwiki, nnwikiquote, nnwiktionary, novwiki, nowiki, nowikibooks, nowikinews, nowikiquote, nowikisource, nowiktionary, nqowiki, nrmwiki, nrwiki, nsowiki, nvwiki, nywiki, ocwiki, ocwikibooks, ocwiktionary, olowiki, omwiki, omwiktionary, orwiki, orwikisource, orwiktionary, oswiki, outreachwiki, pagwiki, pamwiki, papwiki, pawiki, pawikibooks, pawikisource, pawiktionary, pcdwiki, pcmwiki, pdcwiki, pflwiki, pihwiki, piwiki, piwiktionary, plwiki, plwikibooks, plwikinews, plwikiquote, plwikisource, plwikivoyage, plwiktionary, pmswiki, pmswikisource, pnbwiki, pnbwiktionary, pntwiki, pswiki, pswikibooks, pswikivoyage, pswiktionary, ptwiki, ptwikibooks, ptwikinews, ptwikiquote, ptwikisource, ptwikiversity, ptwikivoyage, ptwiktionary, pwnwiki, quwiki, quwikibooks, quwikiquote, quwiktionary, rmwiki, rmwikibooks, rmwiktionary, rmywiki, rnwiki, rnwiktionary, roa_rupwiki, roa_rupwiktionary, roa_tarawiki, rowiki, rowikibooks, rowikinews, rowikiquote, rowikisource, rowikivoyage, rowiktionary, rskwiki, ruewiki, ruwiki, ruwikibooks, ruwikinews, ruwikiquote, ruwikisource, ruwikiversity, ruwikivoyage, ruwiktionary, rwwiki, rwwiktionary, sahwiki, sahwikiquote, sahwikisource, satwiki, sawiki, sawikibooks, sawikiquote, sawikisource, sawiktionary, scnwiki, scnwiktionary, scowiki, scwiki, scwiktionary, sdwiki, sdwikinews, sdwiktionary, sewiki, sewikibooks, sgwiki, sgwiktionary, shiwiki, shnwiki, shnwikibooks, shnwikinews, shnwikivoyage, shnwiktionary, shwiki, shwiktionary, shywiktionary, simplewiki, simplewikibooks, simplewikiquote, simplewiktionary, siwiki, siwikibooks, siwiktionary, skrwiki, skrwiktionary, skwiki, skwikibooks, skwikiquote, skwikisource, skwiktionary, slwiki, slwikibooks, slwikiquote, slwikisource, slwikiversity, slwiktionary, smnwiki, smwiki, smwiktionary, snwiki, snwiktionary, sourceswiki, sowiki, sowiktionary, specieswiki, sqwiki, sqwikibooks, sqwikinews, sqwikiquote, sqwiktionary, srnwiki, srwiki, srwikibooks, srwikinews, srwikiquote, srwikisource, srwiktionary, sswiki, sswiktionary, stqwiki, stwiki, stwiktionary, suwiki, suwikibooks, suwikiquote, suwikisource, suwiktionary, svwiki, svwikibooks, svwikinews, svwikiquote, svwikisource, svwikiversity, svwikivoyage, svwiktionary, swwiki, swwikibooks, swwiktionary, szlwiki, szywiki, tawiki, tawikibooks, tawikinews, tawikiquote, tawikisource, tawiktionary, taywiki, tcywiki, tcywikisource, tcywiktionary, tddwiki, tetwiki, tewiki, tewikibooks, tewikiquote, tewikisource, tewiktionary, tgwiki, tgwikibooks, tgwiktionary, thwiki, thwikibooks, thwikinews, thwikiquote, thwikisource, thwiktionary, tiwiki, tiwiktionary, tkwiki, tkwikibooks, tkwikiquote, tkwiktionary, tlwiki, tlwikibooks, tlwikiquote, tlwiktionary, tlywiki, tnwiki, tnwiktionary, towiki, towiktionary, tpiwiki, tpiwiktionary, trvwiki, trwiki, trwikibooks, trwikinews, trwikiquote, trwikisource, trwikivoyage, trwiktionary, tswiki, tswiktionary, ttwiki, ttwikibooks, ttwikiquote, ttwiktionary, tumwiki, twwiki, twwiktionary, tyvwiki, tywiki, udmwiki, ugwiki, ugwikibooks, ugwikiquote, ugwiktionary, ukwiki, ukwikibooks, ukwikinews, ukwikiquote, ukwikisource, ukwikivoyage, ukwiktionary, urwiki, urwikibooks, urwikiquote, urwiktionary, uzwiki, uzwikibooks, uzwikiquote, uzwiktionary, vecwiki, vecwikisource, vecwiktionary, vepwiki, vewiki, viwiki, viwikibooks, viwikiquote, viwikisource, viwikivoyage, viwiktionary, vlswiki, vowiki, vowikibooks, vowikiquote, vowiktionary, warwiki, wawiki, wawikibooks, wawikisource, wawiktionary, wikidatawiki, wikifunctionswiki, wikimaniawiki, wowiki, wowikiquote, wowiktionary, wuuwiki, xalwiki, xhwiki, xhwikibooks, xhwiktionary, xmfwiki, yiwiki, yiwikisource, yiwiktionary, yowiki, yowikibooks, yowiktionary, yuewiktionary, zawiki, zawikibooks, zawikiquote, zawiktionary, zeawiki, zghwiki, zh_classicalwiki, zh_min_nanwiki, zh_min_nanwikibooks, zh_min_nanwikiquote, zh_min_nanwikisource, zh_min_nanwiktionary, zh_yuewiki, zhwiki, zhwikibooks, zhwikinews, zhwikiquote, zhwikisource, zhwikiversity, zhwikivoyage, zhwiktionary, zuwiki, zuwikibooks, zuwiktionary

title

Title of the page to associate. Use together with site to make a complete sitelink.

baserevid

The numeric identifier for the revision to base the modification on. This is used for detecting conflicts during save.

Type: integer

summary

Summary for the edit. Will be prepended by an automatically generated comment. The length limit of the autocomment together with the summary is 260 characters. Be aware that everything above that limit will be cut off.

tags

Change tags to apply to the revision.

Values (separate with | or alternative): Automatic update from connected wiki, Connecting-Senses, Czech-Authorities-Sync, InfoboxExport gadget, WE-Framework gadget, WikibaseJS-cli, WikibaseJS-edit, client-automatic-update, client-linkitem-change, contenttranslation, contenttranslation-v2, data-bridge, dataDrainer, distributed-game, gadget-addsenseimage, gadget-draggablesitelinks, gadget-dragndrop, gadget-merge, gadget-move, gadget-moveclaim, gadget-rearrangevalues, openrefine, openrefine-3.4, openrefine-3.5, openrefine-3.6, openrefine-3.7, openrefine-3.8, openrefine-4.0, osm-id-sync, reference-game, sectiontranslation, svwiki-DescriptionGadget, termbox, view-it, wikibase-patcher-v1, wikidata-for-firefox, wikidata-for-web, wikidata-ui, wikimedia-commons-app, wwwyzzerdd

token

A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens

This parameter is required.

bot

Mark this edit as bot. This URL flag will only be respected if the user belongs to the group "Bots".

Type: boolean (details)

returnto

Page title. If saving the edit created a temporary account, the API may respond with an URL that the client should visit to complete logging in. If this parameter is provided, the URL will redirect to the given page, instead of the page that was edited.

Type: page title

Accepts non-existent pages.

returntoquery

URL query parameters (with leading ?). If saving the edit created a temporary account, the API may respond with an URL that the client should visit to complete logging in. If this parameter is provided, the URL will redirect to a page with the given query parameters.

Default: (empty)

returntoanchor

URL fragment (with leading #). If saving the edit created a temporary account, the API may respond with an URL that the client should visit to complete logging in. If this parameter is provided, the URL will redirect to a page with the given fragment.

Default: (empty)

language

Language of the description

This parameter is required.

One of the following values: aa, aae, ab, abs, ace, acf, acm, ady, ady-cyrl, aeb, aeb-arab, aeb-latn, af, agq, ak, aln, als, alt, am, ami, an, ang, ann, anp, apc, ar, arc, arn, arq, ary, arz, as, ase, ast, atj, av, avk, awa, ay, az, azb, ba, bag, ban, ban-bali, bar, bas, bat-smg, bax, bbc, bbc-latn, bbj, bcc, bci, bcl, bdr, be, be-tarask, be-x-old, bew, bfd, bg, bgc, bgn, bh, bho, bi, bjn, bkc, bkh, bkm, blk, bm, bn, bo, bpy, bqi, bqz, br, brh, bs, btm, bto, bug, bxr, byv, ca, cak, cal, cbk-zam, ccp, cdo, ce, ceb, ch, chn, cho, chr, chy, ckb, cnh, co, cps, cpx, cpx-hans, cpx-hant, cpx-latn, cr, crh, crh-cyrl, crh-latn, crh-ro, cs, csb, cu, cv, cy, da, dag, de, de-at, de-ch, de-formal, dga, din, diq, dsb, dtp, dty, dua, dv, dz, ee, efi, egl, el, eml, en, en-ca, en-gb, en-us, eo, es, es-419, es-formal, et, eto, etu, eu, ewo, ext, fa, fat, ff, fi, fit, fiu-vro, fj, fkv, fmp, fo, fon, fr, frc, frp, frr, fur, fy, ga, gaa, gag, gan, gan-hans, gan-hant, gcf, gcr, gd, gl, gld, glk, gn, gom, gom-deva, gom-latn, gor, got, gpe, grc, gsw, gu, guc, gur, guw, gv, gya, ha, hak, hak-hans, hak-hant, hak-latn, haw, he, hi, hif, hif-latn, hil, hno, ho, hr, hrx, hsb, hsn, ht, hu, hu-formal, hy, hyw, hz, ia, iba, ibb, id, ie, ig, igl, ii, ik, ike-cans, ike-latn, ilo, inh, io, is, isu, isv-cyrl, isv-latn, it, iu, ja, jam, jbo, jut, jv, ka, kaa, kab, kai, kbd, kbd-cyrl, kbp, kcg, kea, ker, kg, kge, khw, ki, kiu, kj, kjh, kjp, kk, kk-arab, kk-cn, kk-cyrl, kk-kz, kk-latn, kk-tr, kl, km, kn, knc, ko, ko-kp, koi, kr, krc, kri, krj, krl, ks, ks-arab, ks-deva, ksf, ksh, ksw, ku, ku-arab, ku-latn, kum, kus, kv, kw, ky, la, lad, lb, lbe, lem, lez, lfn, lg, li, lij, liv, lki, lld, lmo, ln, lns, lo, loz, lrc, lt, ltg, lua, lus, luz, lv, lzh, lzz, mad, mag, mai, map-bms, mcn, mcp, mdf, mg, mh, mhr, mi, min, mk, ml, mn, mnc, mnc-latn, mnc-mong, mni, mnw, mo, mos, mr, mrh, mrj, ms, ms-arab, mt, mua, mui, mul, mus, mwl, my, myv, mzn, na, nah, nan, nan-hani, nan-hant, nan-latn-pehoeji, nan-latn-tailo, nap, nb, nds, nds-nl, ne, new, ng, nge, nia, nit, niu, nl, nl-informal, nla, nmg, nmz, nn, nnh, nnz, no, nod, nog, nov, nqo, nr, nrm, nso, nup, nv, ny, nyn, nyo, nys, oc, ojb, olo, om, or, os, osa-latn, ota, pa, pag, pam, pap, pap-aw, pcd, pcm, pdc, pdt, pfl, pi, pih, pl, pms, pnb, pnt, prg, ps, pt, pt-br, pwn, qu, quc, qug, rgn, rif, rki, rm, rmc, rmf, rmy, rn, ro, roa-rup, roa-tara, rsk, ru, rue, rup, ruq, ruq-cyrl, ruq-latn, rut, rw, rwr, ryu, sa, sah, sat, sc, scn, sco, sd, sdc, sdh, se, se-fi, se-no, se-se, sei, ses, sg, sgs, sh, sh-cyrl, sh-latn, shi, shi-latn, shi-tfng, shn, shy, shy-latn, si, simple, sjd, sje, sju, sk, skr, skr-arab, sl, sli, sm, sma, smj, smn, sms, sn, so, sq, sr, sr-ec, sr-el, srn, sro, srq, ss, st, stq, sty, su, sv, sw, syl, szl, szy, ta, tay, tcy, tdd, te, tet, tg, tg-cyrl, tg-latn, th, ti, tig, tk, tl, tly, tly-cyrl, tn, to, tok, tpi, tpv, tr, tru, trv, ts, tt, tt-cyrl, tt-latn, ttj, tum, tvu, tw, ty, tyv, tzm, udm, ug, ug-arab, ug-latn, uk, ur, uz, uz-cyrl, uz-latn, ve, vec, vep, vi, vls, vmf, vmw, vo, vot, vro, vut, wa, wal, war, wes, wls, wo, wuu, wuu-hans, wuu-hant, wya, xal, xh, xmf, xsy, yas, yat, yav, ybb, yi, yo, yrl, yue, yue-hans, yue-hant, za, zea, zgh, zgh-latn, zh, zh-classical, zh-cn, zh-hans, zh-hant, zh-hk, zh-min-nan, zh-mo, zh-my, zh-sg, zh-tw, zh-yue, zu

value

The value to set for the description