---
name: "wd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "node-wikibase-cli"
version: "15.15.4-4"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wd"
---

# wd(1)

command-line interface to Wikidata

## NAME

wd - command-line interface to Wikidata

## SYNOPSIS

**wb** \[*options*\] \[*command*\]

## DESCRIPTION

A command-line interface to Wikibase

## OPTIONS

- **-V**, **--version**

  output the version number

- **-h**, **--help**

  display help for command

### Commands:

- add-alias\|aa \[entity\] \[language\] \[aliases\]

  add one or several aliases to the list of aliases of an entity in a given language

- add-claim\|ac \[entity\] \[property\] \[value\]

  add a claim to an entity

- add-qualifier\|aq \[claim-guid\] \[property\] \[value\]

  add a qualifier to a claim

- add-reference\|ar \[claim-guid\] \[property\] \[value\]

  add a reference to a claim

- aliases\|a \[entity\]

  display the entity's aliases

- claims\|c \[entity\] \[property\]

  display the claims of an entity

- config \[key\] \[value\]

  get and set configuration parameters

- convert \[\]

  convert batches of external ids to Wikidata ids and vice versa

- create-entity\|ce \[data\]

  Create a new entity

- data\|d \[entity\]

  output the entity's data

- delete-entity\|de \[id\]

  Delete an entity

- description\|desc \[entity\]

  display the entity's description

- edit-entity\|ee \[data\]

  Edit an existing entity

- generate-template\|gt \[entity\]

  output the pre-formatted item's data optimized for edition with \`wd edit-item\`

- hub\|h \[query\]

  Open a web page using the Hub, see documentation: https://tools.wmflabs.org/hub/

- id \[title\]

  get a Wikidata id from a Wikipedia article title

- label\|l \[entity\]

  display the entity's label

- lang \[code\]

  identify language code and return associated data

- lemma \[lexeme\]

  display the lexeme's lemma

- merge-entity\|me \[from-id\] \[to-id\]

  Merge an entity into another

- move-claim\|mc \[guid\|property-claims-id\] \[target-entity-id\] \[target-property-id\]

  move claims from an entity to another and/or from a property to another

- move-qualifier\|mq \[guid\] \[hash\] \[old-property-id\] \[new-property-id\]

  move qualifiers of a claim from one property to another

- open\|o \[entity\]

  open the entity's page on Wikidata website

- props\|p

  output the list of all Wikidata properties

- query\|q \[\]

  generate and run a simple SPARQL query by passing a statement's subject, property, or object, or a couple of those

- remove-alias\|ra \[entity\] \[language\] \[aliases\]

  remove one or several aliases from the list of aliases of an entity in a given language

- remove-claim\|rc \[guids\]

  remove claims by their GUIDs

- remove-qualifier\|rq \[claim-guid\] \[qualifiers-hashes\]

  remove qualifiers from a claim

- remove-reference\|rr \[claim-guid\] \[references-hashes\]

  remove references from a claim

- revisions\|r \[entity\]

  output the entity's revisions data

- search\|f \[search\]

  search entities

- set-alias\|sa \[entity\] \[language\] \[aliases\]

  set the list of aliases of an entity in a given language

- set-description\|sd \[entity\] \[language\] \[description\]

  set a description on an entity in a given language

- set-label\|sl \[entity\] \[language\] \[label\]

  set a label on an entity in a given language

- sparql\|s \[file.rq\]

  run a SPARQL query and get its JSON output

- summary\|u \[entity\]

  display basic information on the requested entity

- update-claim\|uc \[guid\] \[new-value\]

  update a claim's value

- update-qualifier\|uq \[claim-guid\] \[property\] \[old-value\] \[new-value\]

  update a qualifier from an existing value to a new value

- help \[command\]

  display help for command