Wikipedia REST API

Provides programmatic access to Wikipedia encyclopedia content including article summaries, full HTML pages, related articles, media files, and mobile-optimized sections. No authentication required.

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Slug: wikipedia-rest-api
Key: wikipedia.org:wikipedia-rest-api
Base URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1
Auth: none
Endpoints: 5
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown
Tier: verified

Links

Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/REST_API
API Base: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1

Topics

KNOWLEDGE, SEARCH

Tutorials

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Endpoints (5)

Path Summary Response Auth
page/html/{title} Get article HTML text/html
page/media-list/{title} Get article media ?
page/mobile-sections/{title} Get mobile-optimized article ?
page/related/{title} Get related articles application/json
page/summary/{title} Get article summary application/json