DBpedia Lookup Service

REST API for entity retrieval and auto-complete over the DBpedia knowledge graph. Resolves plain-text keywords to DBpedia resource URIs. Supports keyword search (/api/search) and prefix/auto-complete search (/api/prefix). Query parameters include query, type (DBpedia ontology class filter), and maxResults. Responses available in XML (default) and JSON with result highlighting.

API entry from apis.yml

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aid: dbpedia:lookup
name: DBpedia Lookup Service
description: REST API for entity retrieval and auto-complete over the DBpedia knowledge graph. Resolves
  plain-text keywords to DBpedia resource URIs. Supports keyword search (/api/search) and prefix/auto-complete
  search (/api/prefix). Query parameters include query, type (DBpedia ontology class filter), and maxResults.
  Responses available in XML (default) and JSON with result highlighting.
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humanURL: https://www.dbpedia.org/resources/lookup/
baseURL: https://lookup.dbpedia.org/api
tags:
- Entity Lookup
- Auto-Complete
- Knowledge Graph
- REST
- Entity Resolution
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.dbpedia.org/resources/lookup/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/dbpedia/dbpedia-lookup