api.php: Wikipedia Action API

API: wikipedia.org:wikipedia-api
Endpoint: /w/api.php
Response format: text/html +1 format
Charset: utf-8
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 614ms

Description

Primary API for querying Wikipedia content. Supports multiple actions including query, parse, opensearch, and more.

Parameters (2)

action (string, query, required)

API action to perform: query (get page data), parse (get parsed content), opensearch (search suggestions)

Constraints: {'enum': ['query', 'parse', 'opensearch']}

format (string, query, optional, default: json)

Response format

Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'xml', 'php', 'txt']}

Examples (5)

Query page content for 'Python' curl 
curl 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Python&prop=extracts&exintro=1&explaintext=1&format=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'query',
        'titles': 'Python',
        'prop': 'extracts',
        'exintro': '1',
        'explaintext': '1',
        'format': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wikipedia")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php", action="query", titles="Python", prop="extracts", exintro=1, explaintext=1, format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Python&prop=extracts&exintro=1&explaintext=1&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Parse page content for 'Artificial intelligence' curl 
curl 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Artificial_intelligence&prop=text&format=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'parse',
        'page': 'Artificial_intelligence',
        'prop': 'text',
        'format': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wikipedia")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php", action="parse", page="Artificial_intelligence", prop="text", format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Artificial_intelligence&prop=text&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();
OpenSearch suggestions for 'machine learning' curl 
curl 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=machine+learning&limit=5&format=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'opensearch',
        'search': 'machine learning',
        'limit': '5',
        'format': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wikipedia")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php", action="opensearch", search="machine learning", limit=5, format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=machine+learning&limit=5&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Parse Pet door article doc_extracted 
curl 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Pet_door&format=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'parse',
        'page': 'Pet_door',
        'format': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wikipedia")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php", action="parse", page="Pet_door", format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Pet_door&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Query extracts for Ostrava page doc_extracted 
curl 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&titles=Ostrava&explaintext=1&exsectionformat=wiki'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'query',
        'prop': 'extracts',
        'titles': 'Ostrava',
        'explaintext': '1',
        'exsectionformat': 'wiki',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wikipedia")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php", action="query", prop="extracts", titles="Ostrava", explaintext=1, exsectionformat="wiki")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&titles=Ostrava&explaintext=1&exsectionformat=wiki");
const data = await resp.json();

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