# Wikidata Descriptions API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/wikidata-descriptions-api/  
**Provider:** Wikidata — https://apis.io/providers/wikidata/  
**Base URL:** https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0  
**Documentation:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API

Wikidata Descriptions API is one of 9 APIs that [Wikidata](https://apis.io/providers/wikidata/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Descriptions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

Description management

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/openapi/wikidata-descriptions-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:REST_API
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikidata-entity-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikidata/refs/heads/main/json-ld/wikidata-context.jsonld

## Other Wikidata APIs (8)

- [MediaWiki Action API](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/mediawiki-action-api/)
- [SPARQL Query Service](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/sparql-query-service/)
- [Linked Data Interface](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/linked-data-interface/)
- [Recent Changes Event Stream](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/event-stream/)
- [Wikidata Items API](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/wikidata-items-api/)
- [Wikidata Labels API](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/wikidata-labels-api/)
- [Wikidata Properties API](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/wikidata-properties-api/)
- [Wikidata Statements API](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/wikidata-statements-api/)

## Tags

Descriptions

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/wikidata/wikidata-descriptions-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/wikidata/.