1# Human Alive-ness API
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3It works by querying Wikidata via SPARQL to search for birth and death dates of a person.
17## Learn more
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19* https://agg-shashank.medium.com/an-introduction-to-using-wikidata-apis-a678ee6d2968
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2Gets information about a specific val.
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4To access private vals, pass your API token as a secret to the function. Read more about [authentication](https://docs.val.town/api/authentication) to understand how to generate a token and save it as a secret.
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2Creates a val.
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4Requires a secret called valtownToken, set to your API Token. See more about [authentication](https://docs.val.town/api/authentication) to understand how to generate a token.
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2Fetches information about any comments on vals.
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4Requires a secret called valtownToken, set to your API Token. See more about [authentication](https://docs.val.town/api/authentication) to understand how to generate a token.
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2Fetches information about any val you "like".
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4Requires a secret called valtownToken, set to your API Token. See more about [authentication](https://docs.val.town/api/authentication) to understand how to generate a token.
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