Wiktionary Parse API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Wiktionary MediaWiki Core REST Definition Parse API
  description: The newer MediaWiki Core REST API, exposed per wiki at /w/rest.php. It offers a smaller, streamlined surface than the Action API for fetching page content, history, search, files, and revisions. On Wiktionary it serves the same content as the Action API in a more developer-friendly JSON shape. All content is CC BY-SA 4.0.
  version: 1.0.0
  termsOfService: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use
  contact:
    name: Wikimedia Foundation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API
  license:
    name: CC BY-SA 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-30'
servers:
- url: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/rest.php
  description: English Wiktionary Core REST endpoint
security:
- {}
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Parse
  description: action=parse — Render wikitext to HTML and parse section trees
paths:
  /api.php#parse:
    get:
      operationId: parsePage
      summary: Wiktionary Parse Page
      description: Parse the wikitext of a page (or supplied text) and return rendered HTML, section structure, links, categories, and other parser output.
      tags:
      - Parse
      parameters:
      - name: action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - parse
          default: parse
        description: Must be `parse`.
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Title of the page to parse.
      - name: text
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Wikitext to parse instead of an existing page.
      - name: prop
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: text|sections|links|categories
        description: Which parts of the parser output to return.
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Parser output.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParseResponse'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  parameters:
    Format:
      name: format
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Response format.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - jsonfm
        - xml
        - xmlfm
        - php
        - phpfm
        - none
        default: json
  schemas:
    ParseResponse:
      title: ParseResponse
      description: action=parse result containing parser output for a page or text.
      type: object
      properties:
        parse:
          type: object
          properties:
            title:
              type: string
              example: hello
            pageid:
              type: integer
              example: 12345
            text:
              type: object
              properties:
                '*':
                  type: string
                  description: Rendered HTML.
                  example: <p><b>hello</b> — a standard greeting.</p>
            sections:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParseSection'
            links:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
            categories:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
    ParseSection:
      title: ParseSection
      type: object
      properties:
        toclevel:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        level:
          type: string
          example: '2'
        line:
          type: string
          example: English
        number:
          type: string
          example: '1'
        index:
          type: string
          example: '1'
        fromtitle:
          type: string
          example: hello
        anchor:
          type: string
          example: English
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 access tokens issued via api.wikimedia.org.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/rest.php/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/rest.php/oauth2/access_token
          scopes:
            basic: Basic read access to user identity