So I need a function. An example input would be like "donald trump" (I don't want it to be case-sensitive)
If an article about the person exists on Wikipedia, function returns a summary and a picture. If not returns false
Is this even possible? I couldn't figure out the correct API call.
I've tried Wikidata API. It returns multiple objects for some inputs and I didn't know how to redirect it.
I created simple repo.
You can check how it work on GitHub Page.
This is search function:
$('#search').click(function (e) {
articles1.empty();
var search = $('#person').val();
console.log(search);
var query = 'SELECT distinct ?image ?item ?itemLabel ?itemDescription ?DR ?RIP WHERE {?item wdt:P31 wd:Q5. ?item ?label "' + search + '"@en. OPTIONAL{?item wdt:P569 ?DR .} OPTIONAL{?item wdt:P570 ?RIP .} OPTIONAL{?item wdt:P18 ?image .} SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". } }';
console.log(query);
var queryUrl = encodeURI(url + "?query=" + query);
$.ajax({
dataType: "json",
url: queryUrl,
success: function (data) {
var results = data.results.bindings;
if (results.length > 0) {
console.log(results);
console.log(results[0].itemLabel.value);
console.log(results[0].DR);
console.log(results[0].RIP);
for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
if (typeof (results[i].image) != 'undefined') {
var image = '<img class="inline" src=' + results[i].image.value + ' height="100">';
articles1.append(image);
articles1.append('<br>');
}
articles1.append(results[i].itemLabel.value);
articles1.append('<br>');
if (typeof (results[i].DR) != 'undefined') {
var dr = new Date(results[i].DR.value);
articles1.append(dr.getFullYear());
if (typeof (results[i].RIP) != 'undefined') {
var rip = new Date(results[i].RIP.value);
articles1.append(' - ');
articles1.append(rip.getFullYear());
}
articles1.append('<br>');
}
if (typeof (results[i].itemDescription) != 'undefined') {
articles1.append(results[i].itemDescription.value);
}
articles1.append('<br><br>');
}
}
else {
articles1.append("Sorry, no results");
}
},
error: function (textStatus, errorThrown) {
articles1.append("Sorry, no service");
},
timeout: 3000
});
})