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Wikimedia Recommendation API

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

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 3 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.

3 operations 3 paths 3 schemas 3 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 Recommendation API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Recommendation 3

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GET
/data/recommendation/article/creation/translation/{from_lang}
Recommend articles for translation.
2 params → 200default
GET
/data/recommendation/article/creation/translation/{from_lang}/{seed_article}
Recommend articles for translation.
3 params → 200default
GET
/data/recommendation/article/creation/morelike/{seed_article}
Recommend missing articles
1 param → 200default

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are problem (4 properties), recommendation_result (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

problem
object
4 properties 1 required
morelike_result
array
the prioritized list of Wikidata IDs recommended for creation as Wikipedia articles
recommendation_result
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wikimedia-recommendation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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MediaWiki REST API
Wikimedia articles API
Wikimedia batches API
Wikimedia Citation API
Wikimedia codes API
Wikimedia languages API
Wikimedia Math API
Wikimedia Mobile API
Wikimedia namespaces API
Wikimedia offline API
Wikimedia Page content API
Wikimedia projects API