[Developers] freebase-suggest modification

[Zodiac Seven]

Thanks,

Would there be a way to tweak freebase suggest to only show topics which
exist in wikipedia - I guess I have to not get results which have
article:null? I can't find the MQL query which it uses anywhere...

On 5/15/08, Brian Karlak <zenkat at metaweb.com> wrote:
>
>
> The wikipedia title and ID are stored as the /wikipedia/en and
> /wikipedia/en_id keys on the topic, and can be retrieved by the following
> MQL:
>
>   {
>     "a:key" : [
>       {
>         "namespace" : "/wikipedia/en",
>         "value" : null
>       }
>     ],
>     "b:key" : {
>       "namespace" : "/wikipedia/en_id",
>       "value" : null
>     },
>     "guid" : "#9202a8c04000641f800000000009216a"
>   }
>
> Currently, all valid titles and redirects for an article are stored in
> /wikipedia/en.  The /wikipedia/en_id key, however, should point to the most
> recent wikipedia ID for the topic.  You can access the wikipedia page with
> this ID using the following URL:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=82976
>
> Brian
> On May 15, 2008, at 4:11 AM, Zodiac Seven wrote:
>
> Okay, i guess i will make the results var global and access it from the
> callback.
>
> Is there a freebase api to get the name of the article in wikipedia?
> so if I have the id as "/en/taj_mahal" and the guid as
> "#9202a8c04000641f800000000009216a", name as "Taj Mahal"
> I guess there must be a way to find out the wikipedia article name which is
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_mahal
>
> On 5/15/08, Dae Park <daepark at metaweb.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am unaware of any methods invoking something cross domain
>> synchronously. Even if it's possible, I doubt you want the browser to
>> be "blocked" while you are waiting for your response.
>>
>>
>> -dae
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 14, 2008, at 8:25 AM, Zodiac Seven wrote:
>>
>> > Dae,
>> >
>> > $.ajax is using a async callback too. Isn't there an approach which
>> > will
>> > work synchronously like XmlHttpRequest?
>> >
>> > On 5/14/08, Dae Park <daepark at metaweb.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You should be able to $.ajax with "jsonp" as the dataType to
>> >> accomplish what you want.
>> >>
>> >> -dae
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On May 13, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Zodiac Seven wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> This is more of a javascript question then a freebase one but
>> >>> hoping someone here can help.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am trying to make a call to a webservice in freebase suggest
>> >>> (http://code.google.com/p/freebase-suggest/)
>> >>> This means I call a web service for every suggestion and depending
>> >>> on that i display the suggestion.
>> >>>
>> >>> freebase.suggest.js Line 528.
>> >>>
>> >>> p.list_receive = function(input, txt, o) {//fb.log("list_receive",
>> >>> input, query, o);
>> >>> // handle errors
>> >>> if (o.status !== '200 OK') {
>> >>> fb.error("list_receive", o.code, o.messages, o);
>> >>> return;
>> >>> }
>> >>> ...
>> >>> var url = 'http://somesite/webservice?
>> >>> callback=mycheckfunction&term=' + suggestKeyWord;
>> >>>
>> >>> // Create a script tag, set its src attribute and add it to the
>> >>> document
>> >>> // This triggers the HTTP request and submits the query
>> >>> var script = document.createElement("script");
>> >>> script.src = url;
>> >>> document.body.appendChild(script);
>> >>> ...
>> >>> // further logic to add/remove the item
>> >>>
>> >>> My problem is that i'm using document.createElement("script" and
>> >>> since that is async i have no idea of knowing the response of my
>> >>> web service.
>> >>> I could move the further logic into the callback but is there a
>> >>> 'synchronous' way to wait until i get a response from my web
>> >>> service.
>> >>> I can't use xmlHttpRequest because of the cross domain restriction.
>> >>>
>> >>
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