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, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Encyclopedia, Open Knowledge, and Content.

2 Limits
Method: generated, dated 2026-06-13.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-06-13 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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WikipediaWikimediaEncyclopediaOpen KnowledgeContentSearchReference

Limits

Read Requests
Set a descriptive User-Agent. Use caching and avoid repeated identical queries.
Write Requests
Write operations require OAuth 2.0 authentication. Limits vary by account type and wiki configuration.

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