Wikimedia

Wikimedia Recommendation API

contribution recommendations

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Operations 3

GET /data/recommendation/article/creation/translation/{from_lang} Recommend articles for translation.

GET /data/recommendation/article/creation/translation/{from_lang}/{seed_article} Recommend articles for translation.

GET /data/recommendation/article/creation/morelike/{seed_article} Recommend missing articles

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Recommendation API
  description: 'OpenAPI 3.0 specification for the Metadata, On-demand, Snapshot, and Realtime Batch API(s) of WME.


    While we provide this swagger spec for quick reference, our official documentation is located on our website:


    - [Official Documentation](https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/)

    - [Data Dictionary & Schema](https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/data-dictionary/)

    '
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.enterprise.wikimedia.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Recommendation
  description: contribution recommendations
paths:
  /data/recommendation/article/creation/translation/{from_lang}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Recommendation
      summary: Recommend articles for translation.
      description: 'Recommends articles to be translated from the source

        to the domain language.


        See more at [Recommendation API documentation](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Recommendation_API)


        Stability: [unstable](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_versioning#Unstable)

        '
      parameters:
      - name: from_lang
        in: path
        description: The source language code
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: The max number of articles to return
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 24
      responses:
        '200':
          description: the list of articles recommended for translation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/recommendation_result'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/problem'
      x-monitor: false
  /data/recommendation/article/creation/translation/{from_lang}/{seed_article}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Recommendation
      summary: Recommend articles for translation.
      description: 'Recommends articles to be translated from the source

        to the domain language.


        See more at [Recommendation API documentation](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Recommendation_API)


        Stability: [unstable](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_versioning#Unstable)

        '
      parameters:
      - name: from_lang
        in: path
        description: The source language code
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: seed_article
        in: path
        description: The article to use as a search seed
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: The max number of articles to return
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 24
      responses:
        '200':
          description: the list of articles recommended for translation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/recommendation_result'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/problem'
      x-monitor: false
  /data/recommendation/article/creation/morelike/{seed_article}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Recommendation
      summary: Recommend missing articles
      description: 'Recommends articles similar to the seed article but are missing

        from the domain language Wikipedia.


        Stability: [unstable](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_versioning#Unstable)

        '
      parameters:
      - name: seed_article
        in: path
        description: The article title used to search similar but missing articles
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: the prioritized list of Wikidata IDs recommended for creation as Wikipedia articles
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/morelike_result'
        default:
          description: Error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/problem'
      x-monitor: false
components:
  schemas:
    morelike_result:
      type: array
      description: the prioritized list of Wikidata IDs recommended for creation as Wikipedia articles
      items:
        type: object
        properties:
          wikidata_id:
            type: string
            description: Wikidata ID for the item
          score:
            type: number
            description: Score of the recommendation. The higher the score, the more important the recommendation is.
          source_language:
            type: string
            description: Source of the recommendation -- which wiki is recommending the current article.
    problem:
      required:
      - type
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        detail:
          type: string
        instance:
          type: string
    recommendation_result:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: the number of recommendations returned
        items:
          type: array
          description: the list of articles recommended for translation
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              wikidata_id:
                type: string
                description: wikidata id for the item
              title:
                type: string
                description: title of the article in the source language
              sitelink_count:
                type: integer
                description: count of sites the wikidata item is linked to
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT