Wikipedia API

Wikipedia Action API and REST API for accessing article content, search, and metadata. Provides endpoints for retrieving page content, summaries, search results, and random articles.

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Base URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
Auth: unknown
Endpoints: 5
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:08:11.582395

Links

Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/
API Base: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
Documentation:
SDKs:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

292ms

Avg latency (7d)

14

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

KNOWLEDGE, SEARCH

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /api/rest_v1/page/html/{title} Get page HTML content — 200 257ms
GET /api/rest_v1/page/random/title Get random page — — —
GET /api/rest_v1/page/summary/{title} Get page summary — 200 361ms
GET /api/rest_v1/page/title/{title} Get page title redirect — 200 238ms
GET /w/api.php Wikipedia Action API — 200 392ms