Wikimedia snapshots API
Snapshot API
Wikimedia snapshots API is one of 20 APIs that Wikimedia publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include snapshots. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and pricing.
This API exposes 12 operations across 6 paths, and defines 7 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 snapshots API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 12
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 6 GET, 2 HEAD, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Snapshot API
Schemas 7
The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are snapshot (8 properties), project (5 properties), language (4 properties), filter (2 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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