Wikipedia / MediaWiki Mobile API

The Mobile API from Wikipedia / MediaWiki — 3 operation(s) for mobile.

Operations 3

GET /data/css/mobile/{type} Wikimedia REST Get CSS for Mobile Apps.
GET /data/javascript/mobile/{type} Wikimedia REST Get JavaScript for Mobileapps
GET /data/i18n/{type} Wikimedia REST Get Internationalization Info

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OpenAPI Specification

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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.\n### Global Rules\n- Limit your clients to no more than 200 requests/s to this API.\n  Each API endpoint's documentation may detail more specific usage limits.\n- Set a unique `User-Agent` or `Api-User-Agent` header that\n  allows us to contact you quickly. Email addresses or URLs\n  of contact pages work well.\n\nBy using this API, you agree to Wikimedia's [Terms of Use](https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use) and [Privacy Policy](https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy). Unless otherwise specified in the endpoint documentation below, content accessed via this API is licensed under the [CC-BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) and [GFDL](https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) licenses, and you irrevocably agree to release modifications or additions made through this API under these licenses. Check the [Wikimedia REST API documentation](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API) for background and details.\n### Endpoint documentation\nPlease consult each endpoint's documentation for details on:\n- Licensing information for the specific type of content\n  and data served via the endpoint.\n- Stability markers to inform you about development status and\n  change policy, according to\n  [our API version policy](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_versioning).\n- Endpoint specific usage limits.\n"
  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
  x-generated-from: spec-endpoint
  x-source-url: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/?spec
servers:
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1
  description: English Wikipedia REST v1 endpoint
- url: https://{lang}.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1
  description: Per-language Wikipedia REST v1 endpoint
  variables:
    lang:
      default: en
      description: Language code (e.g. en, de, fr, es, ja)
tags:
- name: Mobile
paths:
  /data/css/mobile/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Mobile
      summary: Wikimedia REST 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](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product/Wikimedia_Product_Infrastructure_team/API_endpoint_stability_policy#Unstable)


        Please follow [wikitech-l](https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l) or [mediawiki-api-announce](https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/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
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /data/javascript/mobile/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Mobile
      summary: Wikimedia REST 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](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Product/Wikimedia_Product_Infrastructure_team/API_endpoint_stability_policy#Unstable)


        Please follow [wikitech-l](https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l) or [mediawiki-api-announce](https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/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
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /data/i18n/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Mobile
      summary: Wikimedia REST 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](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_versioning#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
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
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: {}