External data source other than Wikidata

[hareldev]

Hello guys,

Looks like a beautiful project. Can this project use data source other than Wikidata? like csv / db?
i.e., I want to be able to create a family tree for one that does not appear on Wikipedia.
Any other similar project that could be suitable for this purpose?

Thanks.

[ogroppo]

There are plans to support custom sources but am afraid that given the shortage of budget we can only query APIs. Would you like to elaborate a bit more about your idea?

[mshd]

Hey, meanwhile you can try the use https://www.entitree.com/geni if you have a tree on Geni.com

[hareldev]

There are plans to support custom sources but am afraid that given the shortage of budget we can only query APIs. Would you like to elaborate a bit more about your idea?

There are similar projects, like this one by Balkan, that has it's hierarchy configured in a simple object variable.

nodes: [
{ id: 1, pids: [2], name: "Amber McKenzie" },
{ id: 2, pids: [1], name: "Ava Field" },
{ id: 3, mid: 1, fid: 2, name: "Peter Stevens" }  
]

https://balkan.app/FamilyTreeJS/Docs/GettingStarted

This nodes object can also contain an icon / photo for each node, and more information like birthday, etc.
It is taking much more primitive approach than querying an API, but for such projects of a personal family tree it could be enough.

Let me know if you feel it could be suggested for this project.

Hey, meanwhile you can try the use https://www.entitree.com/geni if you have a tree on Geni.com

Thanks! I noticed this option as well, and I'm considering it.

[ogroppo]

Have you had a look at entitree's layout package? https://www.npmjs.com/package/entitree-flex it obviously requires you to develop the UI on top of it but perhaps you are familiar with frontend technologies

[kristbaum]

Would it be possible to integrate support for other Wikibases?
Maybe with a setting somewhere, to target another Wikibase API?

Would be amazing to use with some Wikibase.cloud instances!