Wiktionary Query API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Wiktionary MediaWiki Core REST Definition Query 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: Query
  description: action=query — Fetch wikitext, extracts, revisions, and search results
paths:
  /api.php:
    get:
      operationId: queryAction
      summary: Wiktionary Query Action
      description: Dispatch any read-only MediaWiki Action API call. The `action` query parameter selects the module (query, parse, opensearch, expandtemplates). Use the more specific operations below for typed access, or pass arbitrary `action`/`format` values here.
      tags:
      - Query
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Action'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      - name: titles
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Pipe-separated list of page titles (max 50 per request).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: prop
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Properties to fetch (e.g. wikitext, extracts, revisions, links).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: list
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Lists to fetch (e.g. search, allpages, recentchanges).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: meta
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Meta information (e.g. siteinfo, tokens, userinfo).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Action API response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActionApiResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /api.php#query-wikitext:
    get:
      operationId: queryWikitext
      summary: Wiktionary Query Wikitext
      description: Fetch the raw wikitext for one or more pages via action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop=content.
      tags:
      - Query
      parameters:
      - name: action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - query
          default: query
        description: Must be `query`.
      - name: prop
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - revisions
          default: revisions
        description: Must be `revisions`.
      - name: rvprop
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: content
        description: Revision properties to fetch (use `content` for wikitext).
      - name: titles
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Pipe-separated page titles.
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Wikitext content for the requested pages.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryRevisionsResponse'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /api.php#query-extracts:
    get:
      operationId: queryExtracts
      summary: Wiktionary Query Extracts
      description: Fetch plain-text or limited-HTML extracts of pages via action=query&prop=extracts. Powered by the TextExtracts extension.
      tags:
      - Query
      parameters:
      - name: action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - query
          default: query
        description: Must be `query`.
      - name: prop
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - extracts
          default: extracts
        description: Must be `extracts`.
      - name: titles
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Pipe-separated page titles.
      - name: exintro
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Return only the lead section.
      - name: explaintext
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Return plain text instead of limited HTML.
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Page extracts response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryExtractsResponse'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /api.php#query-search:
    get:
      operationId: querySearch
      summary: Wiktionary Query Search
      description: Full-text search across Wiktionary pages via action=query&list=search. Backed by ElasticSearch (CirrusSearch).
      tags:
      - Query
      parameters:
      - name: action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - query
          default: query
        description: Must be `query`.
      - name: list
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - search
          default: search
        description: Must be `search`.
      - name: srsearch
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search query string.
      - name: srlimit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
          default: 10
        description: Number of results to return (max 500).
      - name: sroffset
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
        description: Offset into the result set for paging.
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuerySearchResponse'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Revision:
      title: Revision
      type: object
      properties:
        contentformat:
          type: string
          example: text/x-wiki
        contentmodel:
          type: string
          example: wikitext
        '*':
          type: string
          description: Raw wikitext body.
          example: '==English==

            ===Interjection===

            # A standard greeting.'
    ExtractPage:
      title: ExtractPage
      type: object
      properties:
        pageid:
          type: integer
          example: 12345
        ns:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        title:
          type: string
          example: hello
        extract:
          type: string
          description: Plain-text or limited-HTML extract.
          example: A standard greeting; an expression of puzzlement or discovery.
    QueryExtractsResponse:
      title: QueryExtractsResponse
      description: action=query&prop=extracts result.
      type: object
      properties:
        query:
          type: object
          properties:
            pages:
              type: object
              additionalProperties:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExtractPage'
    ActionApiResponse:
      title: ActionApiResponse
      description: Generic envelope for any Action API response.
      type: object
      properties:
        batchcomplete:
          type: string
          description: Present when all sub-queries completed in one batch.
          example: ''
        continue:
          type: object
          description: Continuation cursor for paged result sets.
          additionalProperties: true
        query:
          type: object
          description: Container for `prop`/`list`/`meta` results when action=query.
          additionalProperties: true
        parse:
          type: object
          description: Container for action=parse output.
          additionalProperties: true
        warnings:
          type: object
          description: Per-module warning messages.
          additionalProperties: true
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    QueryRevisionsResponse:
      title: QueryRevisionsResponse
      description: action=query&prop=revisions result containing page wikitext.
      type: object
      properties:
        batchcomplete:
          type: string
          example: ''
        query:
          type: object
          properties:
            pages:
              type: object
              description: Map of pageid → page object.
              additionalProperties:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RevisionPage'
    QuerySearchResponse:
      title: QuerySearchResponse
      description: action=query&list=search result.
      type: object
      properties:
        batchcomplete:
          type: string
          example: ''
        continue:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        query:
          type: object
          properties:
            searchinfo:
              type: object
              properties:
                totalhits:
                  type: integer
                  example: 1234
            search:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchHit'
    SearchHit:
      title: SearchHit
      type: object
      properties:
        ns:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        title:
          type: string
          example: hello
        pageid:
          type: integer
          example: 12345
        size:
          type: integer
          example: 4321
        wordcount:
          type: integer
          example: 412
        snippet:
          type: string
          description: HTML snippet of the matching excerpt.
          example: A standard <span class="searchmatch">greeting</span>.
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2025-03-15T14:30:00Z'
    RevisionPage:
      title: RevisionPage
      type: object
      properties:
        pageid:
          type: integer
          example: 12345
        ns:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        title:
          type: string
          example: hello
        revisions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Revision'
    ApiError:
      title: ApiError
      description: Standard MediaWiki Action API error envelope.
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: badvalue
        info:
          type: string
          example: Unrecognized value for parameter "action".
        '*':
          type: string
          description: Additional error context.
          example: See https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php for help.
  parameters:
    Action:
      name: action
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Which Action API module to dispatch.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - query
        - parse
        - opensearch
        - expandtemplates
        - sitematrix
        - paraminfo
        default: query
    Format:
      name: format
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Response format.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - jsonfm
        - xml
        - xmlfm
        - php
        - phpfm
        - none
        default: json
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Request was malformed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded (shared cap is ~200 req/s; set a unique User-Agent).
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  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