In order to automatize data import into Neo4j, we will use the Wikidata query API:
GET https://query.wikidata.org/sparql?format=json&query={SPARQL}
Using the format=json is not mandatory but it will force the API to return a JSON result instead of the default XML; it is a matter of personal preference. In that way, we will also be able to use the apoc.load.json procedure to parse the result and create Neo4j nodes and relationships depending on our needs. Note that if you are used to XML and prefer to manipulate this data format, APOC also has a procedure to import XML into Neo4j: apoc.load.xml.
The second parameter of the Wikidata API endpoint is the SPARQL query itself, such as the ones we have written in the previous section. We can run the query to ask for the country and country label of Malmö (entity Q2211):
https://query.wikidata.org/sparql?format=json&query=SELECT ?country ?countryLabel WHERE {wd:Q2211 wdt:P17 ?country . SERVICE wikibase...
