# Wikimedia REST API v1

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikimedia-rest-api-v1/  
**Provider:** Wikisource — https://apis.io/providers/wikisource/  
**Base URL:** https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1  
**Documentation:** https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/

Wikimedia REST API v1 is one of 10 APIs that [Wikisource](https://apis.io/providers/wikisource/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include REST API, Cached, Summary, and HTML. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/
- **Specification** — https://en.wikisource.org/api/rest_v1/?spec

## Other Wikisource APIs (9)

- [MediaWiki Action API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/mediawiki-action-api/)
- [MediaWiki Core REST API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/mediawiki-core-rest-api/)
- [Wikisource Citation API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-citation-api/)
- [Wikisource Math API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-math-api/)
- [Wikisource Mobile API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-mobile-api/)
- [Wikisource Page content API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-page-content-api/)
- [Wikisource Reading lists API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-reading-lists-api/)
- [Wikisource Recommendation API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-recommendation-api/)
- [Wikisource Transforms API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-transforms-api/)

## Tags

REST API, Cached, Summary, HTML

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