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|<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">local resolveEntityId = require( "Module:ResolveEntityId" )._id

id = resolveEntityId('WP:RDouglas adams')</syntaxhighlight>

|style="vertical-align: mid;"|<code>id</code> = <code>{{#invoke:ResolveEntityId|entityid|WP:RDouglas adams|'''nil'''}}</code>

| "WP:RDouglas adams" is not a valid Wikidata ID, and while [[WP:RDouglas adams]] (with a lower-case "a") exists, it is a redirect andto does[[Douglas notAdams]]. haveTherefore athe Wikidata ID, sofor the latter <code>'''nil'''</code>page is returned

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|<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">local resolveEntityId = require( "Module:ResolveEntityId" )._id

id = resolveEntityId('Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 1')</syntaxhighlight>

|style="vertical-align: mid;"|<code>id</code> = <code>{{#invoke:ResolveEntityId|entityid|Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 1|'''nil'''}}</code>

| "Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 1" is not a valid Wikidata ID, and while [[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 1]] exists, it does not have a Wikidata ID, so <code>'''nil'''</code> is returned

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=== Use from within a template (entityid) ===

The following will return the entity id (or <code>'''nil'''</code>nothing if the ID doesn't exist):

<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>#invoke:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|entityid|''id''}}</code>