$smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint

Configuration parameter details:
Name	$smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint
Description	Sets the endpoint for querying the SPARQL database
Default setting	http://localhost:8080/sparql/
(Other) available settings	false Allows to direct the queries to the relational database
Software	Semantic MediaWiki
Since version	1.6.0
Until version	7.0.0
Configuration	Store settings
Keyword	sparqlstore · store · rdf · sparql

$smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint is a configuration parameter that is used to set the endpoint (service URL) for querying (reading queries like SELECT) the semantic data store when using a SPARQL database. The parameter was introduced in Semantic MediaWiki 1.6.0Released on 30 July 2011 and compatible with MW 1.15.x - 1.18.x..

Semantic MediaWiki 2.5.0Released on 14 March 2017 and compatible with MW 1.23.0 - 1.29.x. brought a performance setting allowing to redirect the query answering to the relational data backend instead so that surges of SPARQL queries can be avoided.1

No longer functional as of Semantic MediaWiki 7.0.0Released on 4 June 2026 and compatible with MW 1.43.x - 1.46.x.. The runtime shim that automatically translated $smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint to its replacement has been removed, so this setting is now silently ignored. Migrate to configuration parameter $smwgSparqlEndpointNo description was provided. (key 'query') in "LocalSettings.php".2

Default setting

$smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint = 'http://localhost:8080/sparql/';

This means that localhost is used as query location.

Changing the default setting

To modify the setting to this configuration parameter, add one of the following lines to your "LocalSettings.php" file:

Defining a different query endpoint

$smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint = 'https://localhost:8080/query/';

Disable the SPARQL endpoint and redirect queries to the relational data backend

$smwgSparqlQueryEndpoint = false;

See also

• Help page on Using SPARQL and RDF stores
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgDefaultStoreSets the storage backend to be used for the semantic data
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgSparqlRepositoryConnectorIdentifies a database connector that ought to be used together with the semantic data store.
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgSparqlUpdateEndpointSets the endpoint for updating the SPARQL database
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgSparqlDataEndpointSets the endpoint for data on the SPARQL database
• Help page on configuration parameter $smwgSparqlDefaultGraphSets the identifier (graph) of the SPARQL database