Wikimedia

Wikimedia Page content API

page content in different formats

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 14

GET /page/ List page-related API entry points #
GET /page/title/{title} Get revision metadata for a title #
GET /page/title/{title}/{revision} Get revision metadata for a title #
GET /page/html/{title} Get latest HTML for a title #
GET /page/html/{title}/{revision} Get HTML for a specific title/revision & optionally timeuuid #
GET /page/lint/{title} Get the linter errors for a specific title/revision #
GET /page/lint/{title}/{revision} Get the linter errors for a specific title/revision #
GET /page/summary/{title} Get basic metadata and simplified article introduction #
GET /page/media-list/{title} Get list of media files used on a page #
GET /page/media-list/{title}/{revision} Get list of media files used on a page #
GET /page/mobile-html/{title} Get page content HTML optimized for mobile consumption #
GET /page/mobile-html/{title}/{revision} Get page content HTML optimized for mobile consumption #
GET /page/mobile-html-offline-resources/{title} Get styles and scripts for offline consumption of mobile-html-formatted pages #
GET /page/mobile-html-offline-resources/{title}/{revision} Get styles and scripts for offline consumption of mobile-html-formatted pages #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimedia/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
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Documentation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimedia/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
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Documentation
https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimedia/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimedia/refs/heads/main/openapi/wikimedia-page-content-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Etiquette
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
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Pricing
https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimedia/refs/heads/main/plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
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FinOps
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikimedia/refs/heads/main/finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

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


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