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Add parameters to wbcreateclaim and wbsetclaim API modules to prevent creating duplicate claims
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Right now there is no way to prevent creating a duplicate claim with the wbcreateclaim or wbsetclaim APIs other than to manually check if the claim already exists beforehand. There should be a parameter like 'unique=true" that only creates the claim if it doesn't already exist for the given item.

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 3:53 AM
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kaldari created this task.Nov 19 2014, 7:10 AM
Lydia_Pintscher added a project: Wikidata.Dec 1 2014, 2:27 PM
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Lydia_Pintscher added a comment.Mar 9 2015, 11:52 AM

We've discussed this. The result is that it really depends on the use case of the client how and what to merge or not merge or accept or reject. Depending on the particular case unique can mean different expected behaviors. So we'd like to let the particular client handle this and implement their logic for their use case.

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hoo merged a task: T117262: wbcreateclaim should have force (default: True) to prevent creating duplicate claims.Jan 11 2016, 7:58 PM
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Lydia_Pintscher closed this task as Declined.Feb 7 2018, 4:40 PM
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