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Wikipedia / MediaWiki Citation API

generation of citation data

Wikipedia / MediaWiki Citation API is one of 33 APIs that Wikipedia / MediaWiki publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Citation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and pricing.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.45.

Requests are made against 5 base URLs: https://en.wikipedia.org/w, https://{lang}.wikipedia.org/w, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w, https://www.wikidata.org/w, https://www.mediawiki.org/w.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.45
Base URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Wikipedia / MediaWiki Citation API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the cookie as {wiki}wikiUserID (CookieAuth).

  • BearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token from meta.wikimedia.org
  • CookieAuth — Session cookie obtained via action=login or action=clientlogin

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Citation 1

generation of citation data

GET
/data/citation/{format}/{query}
Wikimedia REST Get Citation Data Given an Article Identifier.
getCitation 3 params → 200404

Schemas 2

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

result
object
3 properties 3 required
problem
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wikipedia-citation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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