Wikivoyage History API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Wikivoyage MediaWiki Action Authentication History API
  description: 'The MediaWiki Action API is the primary programmatic interface for Wikivoyage, exposed at https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/api.php. All operations dispatch via the ?action= query parameter. The API supports JSON, XML, and PHP serialization; JSON is the recommended format.


    Wikivoyage covers travel destinations worldwide and the Action API enables retrieval of travel destination articles, accommodation listings, sightseeing information, and practical travel advice. Supports both anonymous reads and authenticated writes via OAuth 2.0.


    Wikimedia Foundation API guidelines require a contactable User-Agent header, serial (not parallel) calls for bulk work, and the maxlag parameter for automated clients.'
  version: '1.47'
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-source-url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  x-last-validated: '2026-06-13'
  contact:
    name: Wikimedia Foundation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  license:
    name: CC BY-SA 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
servers:
- url: https://en.wikivoyage.org/w
  description: English Wikivoyage
- url: https://{lang}.wikivoyage.org/w
  description: Per-language Wikivoyage
  variables:
    lang:
      default: en
      description: Language code (en, de, fr, es, it, pt, ru, zh, ...)
tags:
- name: History
  description: Travel article revision history and edit statistics
paths:
  /page/{title}/history:
    get:
      operationId: getPageHistory
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Get Travel Article Revision History
      description: Retrieve the full revision history for a Wikivoyage travel article, enabling tracking of how travel information evolves over time.
      tags:
      - History
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      parameters:
      - name: title
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: URL-encoded travel article title
        example: Paris
      - name: older_than
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Return revisions older than this ID
      - name: newer_than
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: filter
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - reverted
          - anonymous
          - bot
          - minor
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoryResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /page/{title}/history/counts/{type}:
    get:
      operationId: getPageHistoryCounts
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Get Edit Statistics for a Travel Article
      description: Get edit count statistics for a Wikivoyage travel article by category.
      tags:
      - History
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      parameters:
      - name: title
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: URL-encoded travel article title
        example: Paris
      - name: type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - anonymous
          - bot
          - editors
          - edits
          - minor
          - reverted
        description: Type of count to return
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EditCounts'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    EditCounts:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Edit count of requested type
        limit:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the count was truncated
    Revision:
      type: object
      description: A travel article revision.
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          example: 5234567
        page:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            title:
              type: string
        size:
          type: integer
          description: Byte size of revision
        minor:
          type: boolean
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        content_model:
          type: string
          example: wikitext
        license:
          type: object
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            title:
              type: string
        user:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: integer
            name:
              type: string
              example: TravelContributor
        comment:
          type: string
          description: Edit summary
        delta:
          type: integer
          description: Byte delta from previous revision
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorKey:
          type: string
        messageTranslations:
          type: object
    HistoryResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        revisions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Revision'
        latest:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Link to latest revisions page
        older:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
        newer:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token from meta.wikimedia.org
    CookieAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: wikivoyagewikiUserID
      description: Session cookie obtained via action=login or action=clientlogin