Wikivoyage Search API

Title and full-text search across Wikivoyage travel articles

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2 of 2 operations are conformant: apis.io called them with no credentials and the responses matched this contract. Checked 2026-11-12. how this works · status file

GET /search/page Wikivoyage Core REST Full-Text Search Travel Articles conformant #

GET /search/title Wikivoyage Core REST Autocomplete Destination Title Search conformant #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Wikivoyage MediaWiki Core REST Search 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: Search
  description: Title and full-text search across Wikivoyage travel articles
paths:
  /search/page:
    get:
      operationId: searchPages
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Full-Text Search Travel Articles
      description: Full-text search of Wikivoyage travel article titles and contents. Supports keyword queries across all destination guides, accommodation listings, sightseeing information, and practical travel advice.
      tags:
      - Search
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search query for travel destinations or topics
        example: Paris restaurants
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 50
        description: Result count limit
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /search/title:
    get:
      operationId: searchTitles
      summary: Wikivoyage Core REST Autocomplete Destination Title Search
      description: Auto-complete search of Wikivoyage travel article titles by prefix match. Useful for building destination lookup interfaces and travel search apps.
      tags:
      - Search
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Destination title prefix for autocomplete
        example: Par
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 50
        description: Result count limit
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      description: A search result travel article entry.
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        key:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        excerpt:
          type: string
          description: HTML snippet with search match highlights
        matched_title:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        thumbnail:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            width:
              type: integer
            height:
              type: integer
            mimetype:
              type: string
              example: image/jpeg
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        pages:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorKey:
          type: string
        messageTranslations:
          type: object
  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.