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?

it's not that excessive to download the entire file (in this case less than 200KB), and then filter locally. — philshem♦, Apr 17 '18 at 14:35

f0rt1s · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-17 14:57:29Z

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!

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