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Wikimedia Page content API

page content in different formats

Wikimedia Page content API is one of 20 APIs that Wikimedia publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Page content. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and pricing.

This API exposes 14 operations across 14 paths, and defines 10 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.

14 operations 14 paths 10 schemas 14 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Wikimedia Page content API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 14

Across 14 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 14 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Page content 14

page content in different formats

GET
/page/
List page-related API entry points.
→ 200default
GET
/page/title/{title}
Get revision metadata for a title.
1 param → 200301302404default
GET
/page/title/{title}/{revision}
Get revision metadata for a title.
2 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/html/{title}
Get latest HTML for a title.
4 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/html/{title}/{revision}
Get HTML for a specific title/revision & optionally timeuuid.
getFormatRevision 5 params → 200301302400403404default
GET
/page/lint/{title}
Get the linter errors for a specific title/revision.
1 param → 200301302400403404default
GET
/page/lint/{title}/{revision}
Get the linter errors for a specific title/revision.
2 params → 200301302400403404default
GET
/page/summary/{title}
Get basic metadata and simplified article introduction.
3 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/media-list/{title}
Get list of media files used on a page.
getContent-media-list 2 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/media-list/{title}/{revision}
Get list of media files used on a page.
getContentWithRevision-media-list 3 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/mobile-html/{title}
Get page content HTML optimized for mobile consumption.
getContent-mobile-html 2 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/mobile-html/{title}/{revision}
Get page content HTML optimized for mobile consumption.
getContentWithRevision-mobile-html 3 params → 200301302404default
GET
/page/mobile-html-offline-resources/{title}
Get styles and scripts for offline consumption of mobile-html-formatted pages
1 param → 200default
GET
/page/mobile-html-offline-resources/{title}/{revision}
Get styles and scripts for offline consumption of mobile-html-formatted pages
2 params → 200default

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are summary (13 properties), revisionInfo (12 properties), media_item (6 properties), problem (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

revisionInfo
object
Complete information about the revision
12 properties
problem
object
4 properties 1 required
media_list
object
3 properties 3 required
revision
object
Result format for revision items
2 properties 2 required
summary
object
13 properties 4 required
listing
object
The result format for listings
2 properties 1 required
thumbnail
object
3 properties 3 required
titles_set
object
a good example of the differences can be seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/api/restv1/page/summary/IOS13
3 properties 3 required
media_item
object
6 properties 3 required
originalimage
object
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wikimedia-page-content-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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