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Wikipedia / MediaWiki SPARQL API

SPARQL 1.1 query endpoint

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, 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.

2 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 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 SPARQL 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 2

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

SPARQL 2

SPARQL 1.1 query endpoint

GET
/sparql
Wikidata Query Service SPARQL Execute a SPARQL Query (GET)
executeSparqlQueryGet 3 params → 200400500503
POST
/sparql
Wikidata Query Service SPARQL Execute a SPARQL Query (POST)
executeSparqlQueryPost body → 200400503

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is SparqlResults (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SparqlResults
object
SPARQL 1.1 JSON results format (W3C).
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wikipedia-sparql-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Wikipedia / MediaWiki Edit API
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Wikipedia / MediaWiki History API
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