Wikimedia

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.
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: '0.19'
apis:
- name: MediaWiki Action API
  description: The MediaWiki Action API is a web service that allows access to wiki features including authentication, page
    read and write operations, search, user management, and maintenance tasks. Accessible on every Wikimedia project via the
    api.php endpoint, it supports bots, automated tools, and third-party integrations.
  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:Main_page
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
  tags:
  - Wikipedia
  - Wiki
  - Pages
  - Search
  - Bots
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=openapi
  - type: Etiquette
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Wikimedia Developer Relations
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_advocacy
- 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
  - 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
- name: Wikimedia REST API (RESTBase)
  description: The Wikimedia REST API provides high-performance access to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project content through
    a globally distributed caching layer. Endpoints cover page summaries, full HTML content, media files, and page view metrics.
    Available at /api/rest_v1/ on all major Wikimedia wikis.
  image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
  humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1
  tags:
  - Wikipedia
  - Page Summary
  - Content
  - Media
  - Metrics
  - Page Views
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: /openapi/wikimedia-rest-api.json
  - type: RateLimits
    url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Wikimedia Developer Relations
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_advocacy
- name: Wikimedia Enterprise API
  description: Wikimedia Enterprise provides commercial-grade APIs for high-volume reuse of Wikimedia content. The suite includes
    an On-demand API for current article content with consistent JSON schema, a Realtime API for streaming live changes with
    vandalism alerts, and a Snapshot API for bulk 24-hour compressed data dumps. Covers 920+ datasets across 360+ languages.
  image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
  humanURL: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/
  baseURL: https://api.enterprise.wikimedia.com/v2
  tags:
  - Enterprise
  - Realtime
  - Snapshots
  - On-Demand
  - Commercial
  - Bulk Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: /openapi/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yaml
  - 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
  contact:
  - FN: Wikimedia Enterprise Sales
    url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/contact/
common:
- 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