Wikimedia articles API
On-demand API
Wikimedia articles API is one of 20 APIs that Wikimedia publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include articles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and pricing.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 27 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.enterprise.wikimedia.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Wikimedia articles API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
On-demand API
Schemas 27
The contract defines 27 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are article (20 properties), image (10 properties), version (9 properties), part (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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