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Wikidata QID Labels

Wikidata QID Labels

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VS Code extension to show a description of the entity in Wikidata on hover
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Wikidata QID Label

wikidataqidlabels is a VS Code extension to show a description of the entity in Wikidata on hover. Currently, the plugin uses Wikidata API (https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php).

Features

demo

Requirements

No API keys or anything else required.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • wikidataqidlabels.enableExtension: enable/disable this extension
  • wikidataqidlabels.wikidataLanguages: a string with required languages for labels and descriptions separated by '|'. For more information go to https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=wbgetentities
  • wikidataqidlabels.addLinkToEntity: whether to add a link to the entity in the hover text

1.0.0

Initial release of the extension

1.1.0

Added links to entities in hover text How the extension works with quotes in JSON files

1.2.0

Fixes for entities which don't have a description

1.2.1

Set english language as default

1.2.2

QID test updated so it can capture different URI formats (contributed by @AtilioA)

1.2.3

Hotfix for VS Code (the hover stopped showing up after the update for 1.52)

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