Python script to use Wikidata Query Service to find Vanderbilt employees who have created works

vu_checker.py

import requests

def getWikidata(query):
    endpointUrl = 'https://query.wikidata.org/sparql'

    # The endpoint defaults to returning XML, so the Accept: header is required
    r = requests.get(endpointUrl, params={'query' : query}, headers={'Accept' : 'application/sparql-results+json'})
    data = r.json()
    statements = data['results']['bindings']
    return statements

# Main routine
inputResearcherName = input("What's the name of the researcher? ")
found = False

# get researcher names and URIs from the WikiData API
query = '''prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
select distinct ?person ?personLabel
where {
  ?article wdt:P50 ?person.
  ?person wdt:P108 wd:Q29052.
  ?person rdfs:label ?personLabel.
  filter(lang(?personLabel)="en")
}
order by ?personLabel'''

researchers = getWikidata(query)
for researcher in researchers:
    if inputResearcherName.lower() in researcher['personLabel']['value'].lower(): 
        found = True
        print('\n') # skip 2 lines
        print(researcher['personLabel']['value'])
        print()
        researcherId = researcher['person']['value']
        
        # get article names from the WikiData API
        query = '''prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
        select distinct ?articleLabel
        where {
          ?article wdt:P50 <''' + researcherId  + '''>.
          ?article rdfs:label ?articleLabel.
          filter(lang(?articleLabel)="en")
        }
        order by ?articleLabel'''
        articles = getWikidata(query)
        for article in articles:
            print(article['articleLabel']['value'])

if not found:
    print("Didn't find that researcher")