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Wikimedia

Wikimedia provides REST APIs for accessing Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, and other Wikimedia project content including page summaries, search, media files, page revision history, and usage metrics. The suite includes the MediaWiki Action API for bot and edit operations, the MediaWiki REST API for modern content access, and the Wikimedia Enterprise API for commercial-scale high-volume data reuse across 920+ datasets and 360+ languages.

Wikimedia publishes 19 APIs on the APIs.io network, including articles API, batches API, Citation API, and 16 more. Tagged areas include Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Encyclopedia, Open Knowledge, and Content.

The Wikimedia catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Wikimedia’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, engineering blog, getting-started guide, GitHub presence, and 9 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
44.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
20 APIs
WikipediaWikimediaEncyclopediaOpen KnowledgeContentSearchReference

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 44.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.6 / 20
Access Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Contract Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 8.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
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APIs 20

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

MediaWiki REST API

The MediaWiki REST API provides a modern RESTful interface for reading and writing wiki content including pages, revisions, file metadata, search, and content transformation bet...

Wikimedia articles API

On-demand API

Wikimedia batches API

Realtime Batch API

Wikimedia Citation API

generation of citation data

Wikimedia codes API

Metadata

Wikimedia languages API

Metadata

Wikimedia Math API

formula rendering

Wikimedia Mobile API

The Mobile API from Wikimedia — 3 operation(s) for mobile.

Wikimedia namespaces API

Metadata

Wikimedia offline API

The offline API from Wikimedia — 2 operation(s) for offline.

Wikimedia Page content API

page content in different formats

Wikimedia projects API

Metadata

Wikimedia Reading lists API

Private lists of selected pages

Wikimedia Recommendation API

contribution recommendations

Wikimedia snapshots API

Snapshot API

Wikimedia structured-contents API

(Beta) Structured Contents On-demand API

Wikimedia structured-snapshots API

(BETA) Structured Contents Snapshot API

Wikimedia Talk pages API

The Talk pages API from Wikimedia — 2 operation(s) for talk pages.

Wikimedia Transforms API

convert content between HTML and Wikitext

Wikimedia wikidata API

The wikidata API from Wikimedia — 3 operation(s) for wikidata.

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Open Collections 20

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles batches API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Citation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles codes API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles languages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Math API

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Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Mobile API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles namespaces API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles offline API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Page content API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Reading lists API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Recommendation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles snapshots API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles structured-contents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles structured-snapshots API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Talk pages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles Transforms API

OPEN COLLECTION

Wikimedia Enterprise API spec articles wikidata API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Wikimedia Enterprise

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 4

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Mediawiki Action Api

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Mediawiki Rest Api

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Wikimedia Enterprise Api

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

Wikimedia Rest Api

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Wikimedia Enterprise

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Wikimedia Context

40 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Wikimedia API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 66

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

article

20 properties

JSON SCHEMA

article_body

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

article_namespace

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

batch

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

category

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

citation

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

code

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

cx_dict

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

cx_mt

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

editor

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

entity

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

error

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

event

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

filter

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

image

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

language

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

license

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

link

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

list_entry

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

list_entry_write

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

list

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

list

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

listing

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

maintenance_tags

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

media_item

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

media_list

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

morelike_result

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

namespace

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

originalimage

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

part

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

problem

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

project

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

protection

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

recommendation_result

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

redirect

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

reference

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

referenceneed

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

referencerisk

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

result

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

revertrisk

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

revision

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

revisionIdentifier

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

revisionInfo

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

revisions

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

scores

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

size

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

snapshot

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

structured-content

18 properties

JSON SCHEMA

summary

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

table

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

template

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

thumbnail

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

titles_set

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

version

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

visibility

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_article

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_entity

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_entity_property

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_entity_qualifier

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_entity_reference_part

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_entity_statement_reference

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_entity_value

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_labels

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_sitelinks

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_statement

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

wikidata_statements

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Enterprise Article

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Enterprise Snapshot

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Media List

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Page Revision

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Page Summary

18 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Wikimedia Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Wikimedia Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Wikimedia Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Wikimedia Agentic Access

99 operations · 41 acting

99 operations · 41 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Community
Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Licensing
Licensing
 BugTracker
BugTracker

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Wikimedia
description: Wikimedia provides REST APIs for accessing Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, and other Wikimedia project content
  including page summaries, search, media files, page revision history, and usage metrics. The suite includes the MediaWiki
  Action API for bot and edit operations, the MediaWiki REST API for modern content access, and the Wikimedia Enterprise API
  for commercial-scale high-volume data reuse across 920+ datasets and 360+ languages.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
tags:
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia
- Encyclopedia
- Open Knowledge
- Content
- Search
- Reference
url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- name: MediaWiki REST API
  description: The MediaWiki REST API provides a modern RESTful interface for reading and writing wiki content including pages,
    revisions, file metadata, search, and content transformation between wikitext and HTML. Available on Wikipedia and all
    Wikimedia projects at the /rest.php endpoint.
  image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1
  tags:
  - Wikipedia
  - Pages
  - Search
  - Revisions
  - Media
  - Transforms
  tags_raw:
  - Wikipedia
  - Pages
  - Search
  - Revisions
  - Media
  - Transform
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API/Reference
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-rest-api.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Wikimedia Developer Relations
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_advocacy
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-articles-api
  name: Wikimedia articles API
  description: On-demand API
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Articles
  tags_raw:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-batches-api
  name: Wikimedia batches API
  description: Realtime Batch API
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Batches
  tags_raw:
  - batches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-batches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-citation-api
  name: Wikimedia Citation API
  description: generation of citation data
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Citation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-citation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-codes-api
  name: Wikimedia codes API
  description: Metadata
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Codes
  tags_raw:
  - codes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-languages-api
  name: Wikimedia languages API
  description: Metadata
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Language
  tags_raw:
  - languages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-languages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-math-api
  name: Wikimedia Math API
  description: formula rendering
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Math
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-math-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-mobile-api
  name: Wikimedia Mobile API
  description: The Mobile API from Wikimedia — 3 operation(s) for mobile.
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Mobile
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-mobile-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-namespaces-api
  name: Wikimedia namespaces API
  description: Metadata
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Namespaces
  tags_raw:
  - namespaces
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-namespaces-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-offline-api
  name: Wikimedia offline API
  description: The offline API from Wikimedia — 2 operation(s) for offline.
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Offline
  tags_raw:
  - offline
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-offline-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-page-content-api
  name: Wikimedia Page content API
  description: page content in different formats
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Page content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-page-content-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-projects-api
  name: Wikimedia projects API
  description: Metadata
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-reading-lists-api
  name: Wikimedia Reading lists API
  description: Private lists of selected pages
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Reading lists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-reading-lists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-recommendation-api
  name: Wikimedia Recommendation API
  description: contribution recommendations
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Recommendation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-recommendation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-snapshots-api
  name: Wikimedia snapshots API
  description: Snapshot API
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Snapshots
  tags_raw:
  - snapshots
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-structured-contents-api
  name: Wikimedia structured-contents API
  description: (Beta) Structured Contents On-demand API
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - structured-contents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-structured-contents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-structured-snapshots-api
  name: Wikimedia structured-snapshots API
  description: (BETA) Structured Contents Snapshot API
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - structured-snapshots
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-structured-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-talk-pages-api
  name: Wikimedia Talk pages API
  description: The Talk pages API from Wikimedia — 2 operation(s) for talk pages.
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Talk pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-talk-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-transforms-api
  name: Wikimedia Transforms API
  description: convert content between HTML and Wikitext
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Transforms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-transforms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
- aid: wikimedia:wikimedia-wikidata-api
  name: Wikimedia wikidata API
  description: The wikidata API from Wikimedia — 3 operation(s) for wikidata.
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - wikidata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/wikimedia-wikidata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
  - type: Plans
    url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/wikimedia-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/wikimedia-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wikimedia-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/wikimedia-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Terms_of_Use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.wikimediastatus.net/
- type: Blog
  url: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/
- type: Community
  url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication
- type: Licensing
  url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Tutorial
- type: BugTracker
  url: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/wikimedia
maintainers:
- FN: Wikimedia Foundation
  url: https://wikimediafoundation.org/
  email: developer-relations@wikimedia.org

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