Wikimedia · Rate Limits
Mediawiki Rest Api
Rate limiting information for the MediaWiki REST API (/w/rest.php/v1). The REST API shares Wikimedia's infrastructure and follows the same etiquette guidelines as the Action API. Responsible usage and proper User-Agent headers are required.
Mediawiki Rest Api is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Wikimedia on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
Tagged areas include Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Encyclopedia, Open Knowledge, and Content.
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WikipediaWikimediaEncyclopediaOpen KnowledgeContentSearchReference
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