Wikivoyage

Wikivoyage Files API

Media file metadata for travel images and maps

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GET /file/{title} Wikivoyage Core REST Get Travel Image File Metadata #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Wikivoyage MediaWiki Core REST Files API
  description: MediaWiki Core REST API exposed by Wikivoyage under /w/rest.php/v1/.
  version: 1.0.0
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-source-url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API/Reference
  x-last-validated: '2026-06-13'
  contact:
    name: Wikimedia Foundation
    url: https://api.wikimedia.org/wiki/Core_REST_API
  license:
    name: CC BY-SA 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
servers:
- url: https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/rest.php/v1
  description: English Wikivoyage
- url: https://{lang}.wikivoyage.org/w/rest.php/v1
  description: Per-language Wikivoyage
  variables:
    lang:
      default: en
      description: Language subdomain (en, de, fr, es, it, pt, ru, zh, ...)
- url: https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/wikivoyage/{lang}
  description: Wikimedia API Gateway equivalent of the Core REST API
  variables:
    lang:
      default: en
      description: Language code
tags:
- name: Files
  description: Media file metadata for travel images and maps
paths:
  /file/{title}:
    get:
      operationId: getFile
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Get Travel Image File Metadata
      description: Retrieve metadata for a media file used in Wikivoyage, including download URLs at multiple sizes. Travel images are hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
      tags:
      - Files
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      parameters:
      - name: title
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: File:Paris_banner_Sacre-Coeur.jpg
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/File'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorKey:
          type: string
        messageTranslations:
          type: object
    File:
      type: object
      description: A travel image or map file descriptor.
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          example: File:Paris_banner_Sacre-Coeur.jpg
        file_description_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        latest:
          type: object
          properties:
            timestamp:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            user:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  type: integer
                name:
                  type: string
        preferred:
          type: object
          properties:
            mediatype:
              type: string
              example: BITMAP
            size:
              type: integer
            width:
              type: integer
            height:
              type: integer
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
        original:
          type: object
          properties:
            mediatype:
              type: string
            size:
              type: integer
            width:
              type: integer
            height:
              type: integer
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token issued via api.wikimedia.org. Required for write operations on Wikivoyage travel articles.