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action=wbcreateclaim
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: Wikibase Repository
- License: GPL-2.0+
Creates Wikibase claims.
- entity
ID of the entity you are adding the claim to
- This parameter is required.
- snaktype
The type of the snak
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: value, novalue, somevalue
- property
ID of the snaks property
- value
Value of the snak when creating a claim with a snak that has a value
- summary
Summary for the edit. Will be prepended by an automatically generated comment. The length limit of the autocomment together with the summary is 260 characters. Be aware that everything above that limit will be cut off.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- baserevid
The numeric identifier for the revision to base the modification on. This is used for detecting conflicts during save.
- Type: integer
- bot
Mark this edit as bot. This URL flag will only be respected if the user belongs to the group "bot".
- Type: boolean (details)
- Creates a claim for item Q42 of property P9001 with a novalue snak.
- api.php?action=wbcreateclaim&entity=Q42&property=P9001&snaktype=novalue [open in sandbox]
- Creates a claim for item Q42 of property P9002 with string value "itsastring"
- api.php?action=wbcreateclaim&entity=Q42&property=P9002&snaktype=value&value="itsastring" [open in sandbox]
- Creates a claim for item Q42 of property P9003 with a value of item Q1
- api.php?action=wbcreateclaim&entity=Q42&property=P9003&snaktype=value&value={"entity-type":"item","numeric-id":1} [open in sandbox]
- Creates a claim for item Q42 of property P9004 with a coordinate snak value
- api.php?action=wbcreateclaim&entity=Q42&property=P9004&snaktype=value&value={"latitude":40.748433,"longitude":-73.985656,"globe":"http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2","precision":0.000001} [open in sandbox]