Wikimedia Mobile API

The Mobile API from Wikimedia — 3 operation(s) for mobile.

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Operations 3

GET /data/css/mobile/{type} Get CSS for mobile apps #
GET /data/javascript/mobile/{type} Get JavaScript for mobileapps #
GET /data/i18n/{type} Get internationalization info #

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OpenAPI Specification

wikimedia-mobile-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Wikimedia REST Mobile API
  description: 'This API provides cacheable and straightforward access to Wikimedia content and data, in machine-readable formats.

    ### Global Rules

    - Limit your clients to no more than 200 requests/s to this API.

    Each API endpoint''s documentation may detail more specific usage limits.

    - Set a unique `User-Agent` or `Api-User-Agent` header that

    allows us to contact you quickly. Email addresses or URLs

    of contact pages work well.


    By using this API, you agree to Wikimedia''s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise specified in the endpoint documentation below, content accessed via this API is licensed under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL licenses, and you irrevocably agree to release modifications or additions made through this API under these licenses. Check the Wikimedia REST API documentation for background and details.

    ### Endpoint documentation

    Please consult each endpoint''s documentation for details on:

    - Licensing information for the specific type of content

    and data served via the endpoint.

    - Stability markers to inform you about development status and

    change policy, according to

    our API version policy.

    - Endpoint specific usage limits.'
  termsOfService: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use
  contact:
    name: the Wikimedia Services team
    url: http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  license:
    name: Apache2
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: /api/rest_v1
tags:
- name: Mobile
paths:
  /data/css/mobile/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Mobile
      summary: Get CSS for mobile apps
      description: 'Gets common CSS mobile apps need to properly display pages using Page Content Service.

        In most cases all of the types are needed (preferably in this order):

        * base (Common mobile CSS from ResourceLoader)

        * site (Site-specific, mobile CSS from ResourceLoader, as defined in MediaWiki\:Mobile.css)

        * pcs (CSS for the Page Content Service)


        The `base` and `pcs` responses are the same regardless of what domain is used.

        For these we suggest meta.wikimedia.org.


        You can still pass pagelib for type, but this is a legacy version of the CSS for

        existing app clients.


        Stability: unstable


        Please follow wikitech-l or mediawiki-api-announce for announcements of breaking changes.'
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        description: The desired CSS bundle
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - base
          - pagelib
          - pcs
          - site
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            ETag:
              description: Different values indicate that the content has changed
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json; charset=utf-8; profile="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/CSS/1.0.0":
              schema:
                type: object
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/problem'
      x-monitor: false
      operationId: getDataCssMobileByType
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /data/javascript/mobile/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Mobile
      summary: Get JavaScript for mobileapps
      description: 'Gets the JavaScript bundle so that clients can have

        convenient access to that for consuming the page HTML.

        Amongst other things,

        * it allows to detect the platform and through that enable platform specific CSS rules,

        * has code to lazy load images on the page,

        * code for collapsing and expanding tables.


        Valid types are pagelib or pcs. Passing pcs will return the JavaScript for the

        Page Content Service. Passing pagelib will return a deprecated legacy version

        of the wikimedia-page-library JavaScript to support existing app clients.


        Stability: unstable


        Please follow wikitech-l or mediawiki-api-announce for announcements of breaking changes.'
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        description: The desired JavaScript bundle
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pagelib
          - pcs
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            ETag:
              description: Different values indicate that the content has changed
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json; charset=utf-8; profile="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/JavaScript/1.0.0":
              schema:
                type: object
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/problem'
      x-monitor: false
      operationId: getDataJavascriptMobileByType
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /data/i18n/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Mobile
      summary: Get internationalization info
      description: 'Gets internationalization information for the given site. Currently the only

        supported type is pcs for the Page Content Service.


        Stability: experimental'
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        description: The desired internationalization bundle
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pcs
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          headers:
            ETag:
              description: Different values indicate that the content has changed
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json; charset=utf-8; profile="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Specs/i18n/0.0.1":
              schema:
                type: object
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/problem'
      x-monitor: false
      operationId: getDataI18nByType
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    problem:
      required:
      - type
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
        instance:
          type: string
x-host-basePath: /api/rest_v1
x-default-params: {}