Wikidata
People, Places for Worldwide. Access: Public API. Terms checked November 1, 2026.
Access and terms
| Slug | wikidata |
|---|---|
| Records | People, Places |
| Places | Worldwide |
| Years | Not stated by the source |
| Access | Public API |
| Key | Not needed. |
| Rate limit | 200 requests per minute for an unauthenticated client that sends a compliant User-Agent; 10 per minute for requests identified only by IP address. |
| robots.txt | Disallows the path for crawlers. See the notes. |
| Homepage | www.wikidata.org/ |
| API docs | www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access |
| Terms | foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy |
| Checked by hand | November 1, 2026 |
Notes
Used for names, places and identifiers, not as a record source. The data is CC0. Send a User-Agent with contact details or requests may be blocked; back off on 429 and honor Retry-After. robots.txt disallows /w/ for crawlers, which covers /w/api.php; the Data access page invites API use, so Lineage calls the API and never crawls pages.
Evidence read on November 1, 2026
Status: Live
Live at the last check, 2026-11-01 22:02 UTC. HTTP 200 in 270 ms. One check a day.
JSON: /v1/sources/wikidata. For agents: /sources/wikidata/llms.txt.