Wikivoyage Links API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Wikivoyage MediaWiki Action Authentication Links 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: Links
  description: Page relationships — language editions and media links
paths:
  /page/{title}/links/language:
    get:
      operationId: getPageLanguageLinks
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Get Language Links for a Travel Article
      description: Return interlanguage links (same destination article in other language editions of Wikivoyage) for a given travel article. Useful for multi-language travel apps.
      tags:
      - Links
      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
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Language links
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageLink'
  /page/{title}/links/media:
    get:
      operationId: getPageMediaLinks
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Get Media Files Used in a Travel Article
      description: List travel images, maps, and other media files referenced from a Wikivoyage article.
      tags:
      - Links
      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
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Files used in the travel article
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  files:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/File'
components:
  schemas:
    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
    LanguageLink:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: de
          description: Language code for Wikivoyage edition
        name:
          type: string
          example: Deutsch
        key:
          type: string
          example: Paris
        title:
          type: string
          example: Paris
  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