Restrict returned claims in entity

Question

Is there a way to restrict the returned claims on wikidata's REST API? For example I am using this query:

https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities&ids=Q17714&props=claims&format=json&languages=de|en

which returns all claims for the entity. But I am only interested in "P31", for example. It seems excessive to download the whole set. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Following Stanislavs comment: It is possible using the REST SPARQL Endpoint at

https://query.wikidata.org/sparql?query=SPARQL

The query would be:

SELECT ?instanceof ?instanceofLabel WHERE {
 wd:Q17714 wdt:P31 ?instanceof.
 SERVICE wikibase:label {
  bd:serviceParam wikibase:language 'de' .
 }
}

Thanks!