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When using the [[Help:API|API]] to query for semantic data, different [[Help:List of datatypes|datatypes]] may have different output formats. This page gives an '''example for {{DataType|Number}} using {{Api|ask}}'''. {{Api|askargs}} however uses the same output format.

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== Example JSON result output ==
You can experiment with the api result output yourself by using the [[Special:APISandbox|API Sandbox]]. The following example can be reproduced <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=ask&format=json&query=%5B%5Bhas%20number%3A%3A%2B%5D%5D%7C%3Fhas%20number%7Climit%3D1%7Cmainlabel%3D- here]</span>.

<syntaxhighlight lang="json">
{
    "query": {
        "printrequests": [
            {
                "label": "Has number",
                "key": "Has_number",
                "redi": "",
                "typeid": "_num",
                "mode": 1,
                "format": ""
            }
        ],
        "results": {
            "Demo:D3chart/Bubble chart# 0c7287dd9bc64f128346c70ca7f6a957": {
                "printouts": {
                    "Has number": [
                        21
                    ]
                }
            }
        },
        "serializer": "SMW\\Serializers\\QueryResultSerializer",
        "version": 2,
        "meta": {
            "hash": "dadb84feacd754be18ea75fb33a667a6",
            "count": 1,
            "offset": 0,
            "source": "",
            "time": "0.010163"
        }
    }
}
</syntaxhighlight>
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