Version 0.2.0 now also wraps the new Topic API for easier access of common meta-data.

@Vlad
Getting the description for New Order is now as simple as:

Ken::Topic.get(”/en/new_order”).description

All I know is that it hides somewhere behind /common/topic/article.

However you can access that attribute like so:

r = Ken.get(’/en/new_order’)
r.attribute(’/common/topic/article’).values.first # returns the resource that holds the article abstract.

But I don’t understand why the following doesn’t work:

r.attribute(’/common/topic/article’).values.first.attribute(’/common/document/content’)

Since I really need that article abstract for my freebase visualization (http://askken.heroku.com), I’d love to come around it too

Hmm.. maybe so. on the Freebase mailing list has an idea… (developers@freebase.com)

Cheers,
Michael.

As I understand, I need to get a guid link and then get a guid, but I am a bit lost as to how to do it.

I just tried r=Ken.all(:type=>’/dining/restaurant’) and I guess it is going to take a while

Doesn’t seem like I can add qualifiers like the geosearch API has, e.g.:

r=Ken.all(:type=>’/dining/restaurant’, :location=>’San Francisco’, :location_type=>’/location/citytown’,:inside=>true)

(Incidentally some kind of mix of your gem and the geokit gem would be really cool)

http://www.freebase.com/view/en/british_museum#location

You should definitely add that missing facts.

r=Ken.get(’/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000000bd43′)

I get the British Museum (found the guid by looking thru some freebase dump files!) - but when I look at the attributes I see some stuff about location but never a latitude/longitude. Maybe as it just doesn’t have one? I’m not sure how to tell if I’m searching for something that just isn’t there.

I’m new to Freebase too in case this isn’t obvious

e.g.:
resources = Ken.all(:name => “Apple”, :type => “/music/album”)

You can specify any MQL Query but in Ruby Hash syntax. Usage is described in the readme (section “Fetching multiple Resources using a query”).

You may also want to have a look at the Low Level API section.

For example if you wanted to retrieve all artists instead of a particular artist.