Technical Documentation

This page provides an overview of the BIRT project's architecture and data retrieval methods.

🏗️ Architecture Overview

🔌 How Data is Retrieved

BIRT uses SPARQL queries to fetch data from Wikidata, making direct requests via JavaScript.

Example Query (Fetching Artists Influenced by Van Gogh)


const artistsQuery = `
    SELECT DISTINCT ?artist ?artistLabel WHERE {
        ?artist wdt:P737 wd:Q5582.  # Influenced by Van Gogh (Q5582)
        ?artist wdt:P106 wd:Q1028181.  # Occupation: painter
        SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
    }
`;
const artistsUrl = "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql?query=" + encodeURIComponent(artistsQuery);

async function fetchArtists() {
    try {
        const response = await fetch(artistsUrl, {
            headers: { 'Accept': 'application/sparql-results+json' }
        });
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`Network response was not ok: ${response.statusText}`);
        }
        const data = await response.json();
        console.log(data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("Error fetching data:", error);
    }
}
fetchArtists();

🚀 Setup Guide


git clone https://github.com/ionutf01/Big-Data-Retriever.git
cd birt-project
dotnet run

⚙️ Technical Documentation

🏗️ Architecture Overview

🔌 How Data is Retrieved

Example Query (Fetching Artists Influenced by Van Gogh)

🚀 Setup Guide