Wikisource

Wikimedia REST API v1

Caching-optimised read API available at /api/rest_v1/ on each Wikisource language subdomain. Provides page summaries, full HTML, media lists, and language links for Wikisource pages. Backed by Varnish CDN; anonymous read traffic is limited to approximately 200 requests per second per client. Provide a contactable User-Agent; GET is preferred for cacheability.

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Documentation
https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/

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Specification
https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/?spec

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Wikimedia REST API v1
description: Caching-optimised read API available at /api/rest_v1/ on each Wikisource language subdomain.
  Provides page summaries, full HTML, media lists, and language links for Wikisource pages. Backed by
  Varnish CDN; anonymous read traffic is limited to approximately 200 requests per second per client.
  Provide a contactable User-Agent; GET is preferred for cacheability.
humanURL: https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/
baseURL: https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1
tags:
- REST API
- Cached
- Summary
- HTML
tags_raw:
- REST API
- Cached
- Summaries
- HTML
- Read
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/
- type: Specification
  url: https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/?spec