[Developers] freebase-suggest modification

[Will Fitzgerald]

This is more of a data question, but can you tell me whether the
titles/redirects (ie /en/wikipedia namespace keys) are ever refreshed,
and on what kind of schedule?

Will Fitzgerald

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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