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WikibaseManifest
Release status: beta
Implementation API
Description API provided metadata for structured data repository
Author(s) The Wikidata team
Latest version 0.0.1 (continuous updates)
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki master
Database changes No
License GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters
  • $wgWbManifestWikidataEntityMapping
  • $wgWbManifestExternalServiceMapping
  • $wgWbManifestMaxLag
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The WikibaseManifest extension provides an API endpoint that allows for automated configuration discovery of the Wikibase it is installed on; the endpoint returns automatically discovered configuration information from the local Wikibase for use by external tools.

rest.php/wikibase-manifest/v0/manifest

Installation

  • Download and place the file(s) in a directory called WikibaseManifest in your extensions/ folder.
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file: 
    wfLoadExtension( 'WikibaseManifest' );
  • Optionally set equivalent entities, max lag and external services (see below)
  • Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

Equivalent entities

Optionally specify a list of entities on Wikidata that have an equivalent entity on this Wikibase.

$wgWbManifestWikidataEntityMapping = [
	'properties' => [
		'P31' => 'P1',
	],
	'items' => [
		'Q5' => 'Q15'
	],
];

Maximum lag

Specify the maximum lag setting (in seconds) that automated clients of this Wikibase should follow (default: 5)

$wgWbManifestMaxLag = 7;

External services

Optionally specify a list of external services and the URLs at which they can be found.

$wgWbManifestExternalServiceMapping = [
	'queryservice_ui' => 'https://query.wikidata.org',
];

A list of valid external service names can be found in the code of the extension.

Integration with other extensions

WikibaseManifest requires that WikibaseRepo is already installed.

If installed, WikibaseManifest makes use of:

  • OAuth
If installed, WikibaseManifest will provide some OAuth information in the manifest API response
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