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APIs
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APIs are interface system allowing an url query to access data on a server. In the case of LinguaLibre, two APIs are used: LinguaLibre and Commons Wikimedia. Below are some useful examples.
Commons API
| API point | Query | Example of returned sub-item |
|---|---|---|
| Commons > API:Allimages | List of 500 files by User:Yug, since 2018-01-01 and after, with username, mime, size and url | {
"name": "LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"user": "Yug",
"size": 99604,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"duration": 1.128798185941043,
"url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Yug-retour.wav",
"descriptionurl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"descriptionshorturl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104350594",
"mime": "audio/wav",
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Yug-retour.wav"
}
|
| Commons > API:Allimages | List of 500 files prifixed by 'LL-Q150_(fra)', aka French language files, sorted by name, with username, mime, size and url | {
"name": "LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"user": "Yug",
"size": 99604,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"duration": 1.128798185941043,
"url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Yug-retour.wav",
"descriptionurl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"descriptionshorturl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104350594",
"mime": "audio/wav",
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Yug-retour.wav"
}
|
| Commons > API:Allimages | List of 500 files prefixed by 'LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug', aka French language files by user:Yug, sorted by name, with username, mime, size and url | {
"name": "LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"user": "Yug",
"size": 99604,
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"duration": 1.128798185941043,
"url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Yug-retour.wav",
"descriptionurl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"descriptionshorturl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104350594",
"mime": "audio/wav",
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Yug-retour.wav"
}
|
| Commons > API:Logevents | List of 500 log events by User:Yug, type upload/upload, from 2022-01-01 and before | {
"logid": 310250995,
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Yug-retour.wav",
"pageid": 104350594,
"logpage": 104350594,
"params": {
"img_sha1": "annmkt852o46z5icpp2thdzyei7fla1",
"img_timestamp": "2021-04-25T22:08:17Z"
},
"type": "upload",
"action": "upload",
"user": "Yug",
"timestamp": "2021-04-25T22:08:17Z",
"comment": ""
}
|
| Commons > API:Opensearch | Search for files, prefixed with LL-Q140193 (bci)-Olivier Yao-, return in OpenSearch format |
[
"LL-Q140193 (bci)-Olivier Yao-",
[ "File:LL-Q140193 (bci)-Olivier Yao-n\u0254n.wav", "File:LL-Q140193 (bci)-Olivier Yao-oto.wav" ],
[ "", "" ],
[
"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q140193_(bci)-Olivier_Yao-n%C9%94n.wav",
"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q140193_(bci)-Olivier_Yao-oto.wav"
]
]
|
| Commons > API:Search | Search via regex intitle:/LL-Q150 \(fra\)-[^-]*-vert\.wav/. ⚠️ This will not show recordings from users with a - in their username.
|
{
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Roll-Morton-vert.wav",
"pageid": 70168118,
"timestamp": "2021-08-23T12:22:30Z"
}
|
| Commons > API:Categorymembers | Given a category of image, return its imageinfo with url, timestamp and other | "104331639": {
"pageid": 104331639,
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Kitel WP-%.wav",
"imagerepository": "local",
"imageinfo": [{
"timestamp": "2021-04-25T15:49:00Z",
"url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Kitel_WP-%25.wav",
"descriptionurl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Kitel_WP-%25.wav",
"descriptionshorturl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=104331639"
}]
},
|
| Commons > API:Parse | Given file's title, return wikitext & recorded word | {
"parse": {
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Persepha-Vert-Saint-Denis.wav",
"pageid": 91887625,
"wikitext": {
"*": "== {{int:filedesc}} ==\n{{Lingua Libre record\n | speaker = Persepha\n | speakerId = Q334514\n | speakerGender = female\n | author = [[User:Persepha|Persepha]]\n | languageId = Q150\n | transcription = Vert-Saint-Denis\n | qualifier = \n | date = 2020-07-04\n}}\n\n== {{int:license-header}} ==\n{{cc-by-sa-4.0}}"
},
"properties": [
{ … },
{
"name": "defaultsort",
"*": "Vert-Saint-Denis"
}
]
}
}
|
| Commons > API sandbox | Combined query with search (regex filter) ; imageinfo (url) ; categories (speaker) | "78990843": {
"pageid": 78990843,
"ns": 6,
"title": "File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Aemines1-orange.wav",
"index": 8,
"imagerepository": "local",
"imageinfo": [{
"url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Aemines1-orange.wav",
"descriptionurl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-Aemines1-orange.wav",
"descriptionshorturl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78990843",
"extmetadata": {
"Categories": {
"value": "Lingua Libre pronunciation-fra|Lingua Libre pronunciation by Aemines1",
"source": "commons-categories",
"hidden": ""
}
}
}],
"pageprops": {
"defaultsort": "orange"
}
}
|
Tools
Special:ApiSandbox
- See also Commons:Special:ApiSandbox
It is an API requests generator.
- Left block allows to :
- Main: navigate the API tree
- Results: visualize the JSON
- The right block allows to :
- present the elements clearly
- allows to select, search, add, remove props (property, parameters) with autocompletion
- Top right buttons allows to :
- Make a request in a new tab of your browser
- Clear all.