ConceptNet · Example Payload

Query Edges

Example of using the /query endpoint to find all ConceptNet edges where music is the subject (start) and the relation is UsedFor. Returns edges describing what music is used for.

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Query Edges is an example object payload from ConceptNet, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

query-edges.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "title": "Query edges by start and relation: /query?start=/c/en/music&rel=/r/UsedFor",
  "description": "Example of using the /query endpoint to find all ConceptNet edges where music is the subject (start) and the relation is UsedFor. Returns edges describing what music is used for.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.conceptnet.io/query?start=/c/en/music&rel=/r/UsedFor&limit=5",
    "headers": {
      "Accept": "application/json"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/ld+json"
    },
    "body": {
      "@context": [
        "http://api.conceptnet.io/ld/conceptnet5.7/context.ld.json"
      ],
      "@id": "/query?start=/c/en/music&rel=/r/UsedFor&limit=5",
      "edges": [
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/UsedFor/,/c/en/music/,/c/en/entertainment/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/music",
            "label": "music",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/music"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/entertainment",
            "label": "entertainment",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/entertainment"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/UsedFor",
            "label": "UsedFor"
          },
          "surfaceText": "[[Music]] is used for [[entertainment]].",
          "weight": 4.0,
          "license": "cc:by/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/conceptnet/en",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/conceptnet/4/en"}
          ]
        },
        {
          "@id": "/a/[/r/UsedFor/,/c/en/music/,/c/en/dancing/]",
          "start": {
            "@id": "/c/en/music",
            "label": "music",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/music"
          },
          "end": {
            "@id": "/c/en/dancing",
            "label": "dancing",
            "language": "en",
            "term": "/c/en/dancing"
          },
          "rel": {
            "@id": "/r/UsedFor",
            "label": "UsedFor"
          },
          "surfaceText": "[[Music]] is used for [[dancing]].",
          "weight": 3.46,
          "license": "cc:by/4.0",
          "dataset": "/d/verbosity",
          "sources": [
            {"@id": "/s/resource/verbosity"}
          ]
        }
      ],
      "view": {
        "@id": "/query?start=/c/en/music&rel=/r/UsedFor&offset=0&limit=5",
        "paginatedProperty": "edges",
        "firstPage": "/query?start=/c/en/music&rel=/r/UsedFor&offset=0&limit=5",
        "nextPage": "/query?start=/c/en/music&rel=/r/UsedFor&offset=5&limit=5",
        "comment": "Results 1-2 of 2"
      }
    }
  }
}