Wikidata
Item facts and item lists
Wikidata is a free public knowledge base returning facts and item lists about people, places, organizations, and more; values may be historical and dates incomplete.
Your information
Word in the description to distinguish similar items, for example company.
Name, Wikidata item ID, or Wikidata item link, for example Microsoft.
More options
Language code for names and facts, for example en or fr.
Example results
- Name
- tour Eiffel
- Item ID
- Q243
- Image URL
Open image- Wikidata URL
- wikidata.org
- Short Description
- tour de fer puddlé de 330 mètres à Paris, France
- English Wikipedia URL
- en.wikipedia.org
- Facts
Facts Fact Name Value statut patrimonialmonument historique inscritstatut patrimonialHistoric Civil Engineering Landmarkingénieur de structureÉmile Nouguieringénieur de structureMaurice Koechlinmaître d'œuvreGustave Eiffellocalisation administrative7e arrondissement de ParisarchitecteStéphen SauvestrepaysFrancematériaufer forgématériauaciermatériaufer puddlécatégorie CommonsEiffel TowercatégorieCatégorie:Tour Eiffelnature de l’élémenttour en treillisnature de l’élémenttour d'observationnature de l’élémentlieu d'intérêtgalerie CommonsTour Eiffelpropriétairegouvernement de la République françaisepropriétaireVille de Parisnombre de niveaux au-dessus du sol3site officielsite officielsite officielhauteur330 mètredate de fondation ou de création1887-01-28date de fondation ou de création1889-03-31nombre de visiteurs par an6207303décrit parencyclopédie Ottodécrit parDictionnaire encyclopédique Brockhaus et Efrondécrit parThe Nuttall Encyclopædiadécrit parBodláčí z Parnassudécrit parMeyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4e édition (1885–1890)décrit parXIe édition de l'Encyclopædia Britannicadécrit parPetite Encyclopédie soviétiquepartie derives de la Seine à Parisnombre d'ascenseurs8date d'ouverture officielle1889-03-31date d'ouverture officielle1889-05-15code postal75007nom dans la langue d'originetour EiffelvoieChamp-de-Marsvoieavenue Anatole-Francewebcammasse10100 tonnedate d'accession au domaine public1993projet Wikimédia s’intéressant à l'élémentWikipédia:Liste d'articles que toutes les encyclopédies devraient avoirprojet Wikimédia s’intéressant à l'élémentWikipédia:Articles vitaux/Niveau 4nommé(e) en référence àGustave EiffelcommanditaireGustave Eiffelcatégorie pour la vue depuis l'élémentCategory:Views from the Eiffel Tower1–50 of 66 results
About Wikidata
Wikidata’s Get facts returns item facts from a required name, item ID, or link; hint and language are optional.
Wikidata’s List items by criteria returns items of a named kind; location, award, sort, and result limit are optional.
Built by Fous from wikidata.org and query.wikidata.org and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Wikidata.
Actions
Get facts
1 credit per runGet a Wikidata item’s name, description, image, links, and readable facts by name. A hint helps distinguish items with similar names. Historical values may appear alongside current values when Wikidata does not mark a preferred value; partial dates retain their known precision.
What you provide
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Hinthint | Text | Optional | Word in the description to distinguish similar items, for example company.Example: Chemist |
Namename | Text | Required | Name, Wikidata item ID, or Wikidata item link, for example Microsoft.Example: Marie Curie |
Languagelanguage | Text | Optional | Language code for names and facts, for example en or fr.Example: fr |
What you get
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Namename | Text | Example: tour Eiffel |
Factsfacts | List | |
Valuefacts[].value | Text | Example: monument historique inscrit |
Fact Namefacts[].fact_name | Text | Example: statut patrimonial |
Item IDitem_id | Text | Example: Q243 |
Image URLimage_url | Text | Example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tour_Eiffel_Wikimedia_Commo… |
Wikidata URLwikidata_url | Text | Example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243 |
Short Descriptionshort_description | Text | Example: tour de fer puddlé de 330 mètres à Paris, France |
English Wikipedia URLenglish_wikipedia_url | Text | Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower |
Example result
For Name: Tour Eiffel, Language: fr
{
"name": "tour Eiffel",
"facts": [
{
"value": "monument historique inscrit",
"fact_name": "statut patrimonial"
},
{
"value": "Historic Civil Engineering Landmark",
"fact_name": "statut patrimonial"
},
{
"value": "Émile Nouguier",
"fact_name": "ingénieur de structure"
}
],
"item_id": "Q243",
"image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tour_Eiffel_Wikimedia_Commons.jpg",
"wikidata_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243",
"short_description": "tour de fer puddlé de 330 mètres à Paris, France",
"english_wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower"
}List items by criteria
1 credit per runList Wikidata items of a named kind, optionally in a country or directly assigned to a region or city, or with an award. Sort by Wikipedia language editions, date, or name; partial dates are left blank.
Uses Wikidata and query.wikidata.org.
What you provide
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Kindkind | Text | Required | Kind of item, for example university or person.Example: Person |
Sortsort | Text | Optional | Result order; most_notable ranks by number of Wikipedia language editions, for example newest.Example: Oldest |
Awardaward | Text | Optional | Optional award received, for example Nobel Prize in Physics.Example: Nobel Prize in Physics |
Located inlocated_in | Text | Optional | Optional country, region, or city, for example Canada.Example: Canada |
Max Resultsmax_results | Number | Optional | Maximum number of items, for example 50 (up to 500).Example: 5 |
What you get
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Itemsitems | List | |
Nameitems[].name | Text | Example: Albert Einstein |
Countryitems[].country | Text | Example: Germany |
Item IDitems[].item_id | Text | Example: Q937 |
Start Dateitems[].start_date | Date | Example: 1879-03-14 |
Wikidata Linkitems[].wikidata_link | Text | Example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937 |
Short Descriptionitems[].short_description | Text | Example: German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955) |
English Wikipedia Linkitems[].english_wikipedia_link | Text | Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein |
Example result
For Kind: Person, Award: Nobel Prize in Physics, Max Results: 5
{
"items": [
{
"name": "Albert Einstein",
"country": "Germany",
"item_id": "Q937",
"start_date": "1879-03-14",
"wikidata_link": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937",
"short_description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)",
"english_wikipedia_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein"
},
{
"name": "Marie Curie",
"country": "France",
"item_id": "Q7186",
"start_date": "1867-11-07",
"wikidata_link": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186",
"short_description": "Polish-born French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)",
"english_wikipedia_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie"
},
{
"name": "Niels Bohr",
"country": "Kingdom of Denmark",
"item_id": "Q7085",
"start_date": "1885-10-07",
"wikidata_link": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085",
"short_description": "Danish physicist (1885–1962)",
"english_wikipedia_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr"
}
]
}For developers
Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.
# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"
curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
--fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"api": "@wikidata",
"visibility": "public",
"operation": "get_facts",
"version": 1,
"input": {
"hint": "chemist",
"name": "Marie Curie"
},
"response": {
"format": "json"
}
}'What you can do with it
- Research facts about a company or person.
- Find universities located in a country or city.
- List people who received a specified award.
- Sort items by date, name, or Wikipedia language editions.
Questions
Is Fous affiliated with Wikidata?
No. Fous is not affiliated with Wikidata. This workflow reads the public wikidata.org website and returns its data.
How much does it cost?
Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.
Do I need a Wikidata account?
No. You only need a Fous account.
How current is the data?
Fous gets the data from wikidata.org when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026.
What facts does Wikidata provide about an item?
Get facts returns an item’s name, description, image, links, and readable facts. Supply a name, item ID, or link.
Which items match a kind and location?
List items by criteria returns items of a named kind, optionally filtered by country, region, or city.
Can I find items that received an award?
Yes. List items by criteria accepts an optional award, such as the Nobel Prize in Physics.