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class Wikidata
  def self.search(term, known_things)
    JSON.parse(
      HTTParty.get(
        "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&search=" +
        "#{URI.encode(term, /\W/)}&format=json&language=en&type=item&continue=0",
        verify: false
      ).body
    )['search'].map do |item|
      description = if item['description'].to_s.present? && 
                       item['description'] != 'Wikimedia disambiguation page'
        " (#{item['description']})"
      else
        ''
      end
      
      "#{item['label']}#{description}"
    end.uniq.select{|i| known_things.select{|t| t[:name] == i }.none? }.map{|item| { name: item } }
  end
end

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
voluntary-0.5.2	app/models/wikidata.rb
voluntary-0.5.1	app/models/wikidata.rb
voluntary-0.5.0	app/models/wikidata.rb