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media_item is a JSON Structure definition published by Wikipedia / MediaWiki, describing 6 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikipedia/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rest-v1-media-item-structure.json",
"name": "media_item",
"description": "media_item schema from Wikimedia REST API",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The file page title"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"image",
"video",
"audio"
]
},
"section_id": {
"type": "int32",
"description": "section ID in which the item is found on the page"
},
"showInGallery": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "whether the client should show the file in an image gallery presentation"
},
"caption": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"html": {
"type": "string",
"description": "on-wiki caption for the media item, including all HTML markup"
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "plain text of the on-wiki caption for the media item"
}
}
},
"original": {
"type": "object",
"description": "reference to a Mathoid-rendered math formula image",
"properties": {
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Mathoid image render URL"
},
"mime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "the Mathoid image mime type"
}
}
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"section_id",
"showInGallery"
]
}
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