SPARQL Query API

SPARQL query operation

Operations 2

GET /sparql Execute a SPARQL query via GET #
POST /sparql Execute a SPARQL query via POST #

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OpenAPI Specification

sparql-query-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SPARQL 1.1 Protocol Query API
  description: 'SPARQL 1.1 Protocol is a W3C Recommendation that defines how to convey

    SPARQL queries and updates between clients and SPARQL processors over

    HTTP.'
  version: '1.1'
  contact:
    name: W3C SPARQL Working Group
    url: https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-protocol/
  license:
    name: W3C Document License
    url: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2015/doc-license
servers:
- url: https://dbpedia.org
  description: Public DBpedia SPARQL endpoint (no auth)
- url: https://{host}
  description: Generic SPARQL 1.1 endpoint
  variables:
    host:
      default: example.org
      description: Hostname of a SPARQL 1.1 endpoint
tags:
- name: Query
  description: SPARQL query operation
paths:
  /sparql:
    get:
      tags:
      - Query
      summary: Execute a SPARQL query via GET
      description: 'Executes a SPARQL query passed as the `query` URL parameter. The

        query string MUST be percent-encoded. Optional `default-graph-uri`

        and `named-graph-uri` parameters may be repeated to specify the

        RDF dataset against which the query is evaluated.'
      operationId: queryGet
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        description: A SPARQL query string, percent-encoded
        schema:
          type: string
        example: SELECT * WHERE { ?s ?p ?o } LIMIT 10
      - name: default-graph-uri
        in: query
        required: false
        description: IRI of a graph to include in the default graph (repeatable)
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        style: form
        explode: true
      - name: named-graph-uri
        in: query
        required: false
        description: IRI of a graph to include as a named graph (repeatable)
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        style: form
        explode: true
      - name: Accept
        in: header
        required: false
        description: Preferred response media type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - application/sparql-results+json
          - application/sparql-results+xml
          - application/sparql-results+csv
          - application/sparql-results+tsv
          - application/rdf+xml
          - text/turtle
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful query result
          content:
            application/sparql-results+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SparqlResultsJson'
            application/sparql-results+xml:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/sparql-results+csv:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/sparql-results+tsv:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/rdf+xml:
              schema:
                type: string
            text/turtle:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Malformed query
        '500':
          description: Query request refused
    post:
      tags:
      - Query
      summary: Execute a SPARQL query via POST
      description: 'Executes a SPARQL query via POST. Two encodings are defined by the

        SPARQL 1.1 Protocol:


        * `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` — the body carries the same

        parameters as the GET variant (`query`, `default-graph-uri`,

        `named-graph-uri`).

        * `application/sparql-query` — the body IS the SPARQL query string,

        in UTF-8, and `default-graph-uri` / `named-graph-uri` may still

        appear in the URL query string.'
      operationId: queryPost
      parameters:
      - name: default-graph-uri
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        style: form
        explode: true
      - name: named-graph-uri
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        style: form
        explode: true
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - query
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                  description: SPARQL query string
                default-graph-uri:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
                named-graph-uri:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
          application/sparql-query:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: SPARQL query string (UTF-8)
            example: SELECT * WHERE { ?s ?p ?o } LIMIT 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful query result
          content:
            application/sparql-results+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SparqlResultsJson'
            application/sparql-results+xml:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Malformed query
components:
  schemas:
    SparqlResultsJson:
      type: object
      description: 'SPARQL Query Results JSON Format, per

        https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-results-json/

        '
      required:
      - head
      properties:
        head:
          type: object
          properties:
            vars:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
            link:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
                format: uri
        results:
          type: object
          properties:
            bindings:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/RdfTerm'
        boolean:
          type: boolean
          description: Present for ASK queries
    RdfTerm:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - value
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - uri
          - literal
          - bnode
        value:
          type: string
        datatype:
          type: string
          format: uri
        xml:lang:
          type: string