The "uselang" parameter applies to the
base (main) module, and
automatically gets used by other modules that are part of the API call:
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 10:01 AM Yaron Koren <yaron(a)wikiworks.com> wrote:
Hi Dmitry,
Great, thank you!
It looks like "uselang" still needs to be added to the documentation for
this API action:
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=wbsearchentities
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:46 AM Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Yep, just add the "uselang" parameter:
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=fr&…
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:37 AM Yaron Koren <yaron57(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When you call the "wbsearchentities" API, the main label and
> description returned for each item are always hardcoded in English. (Which
> is strange.) Thankfully, it also returns the label for each item in the
> specified language - here is an example:
>
>
>
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=fr&…
>
> However, it doesn't seem like there's any way to get the *description*
> of each item in the specified language. Is there?
>
> -Yaron
>
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