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Wikipedia / MediaWiki Math API

formula rendering

Wikipedia / MediaWiki Math 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 Math. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and pricing.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 1 schema. 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.

3 operations 3 paths 1 schemas 2 GET1 POST

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 Math 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 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Math 3

formula rendering

POST
/media/math/check/{type}deprecated
Wikimedia REST Check and Normalize a TeX Formula.
1 param body → 200400default
GET
/media/math/formula/{hash}deprecated
Wikimedia REST Get a Previously-stored Formula
1 param → 200404default
GET
/media/math/render/{format}/{hash}deprecated
Wikimedia REST Get Rendered Formula in the Given Format.
2 params → 200404default

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is problem (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

problem
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wikipedia-math-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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