Wikipedia / MediaWiki structured-contents API
(Beta) Structured Contents On-demand API
Wikipedia / MediaWiki structured-contents 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 structured-contents. 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 21 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Wikipedia / MediaWiki structured-contents 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.orgCookieAuth— 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.
(Beta) Structured Contents On-demand API
Schemas 21
The contract defines 21 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are structured-content (18 properties), image (10 properties), version (9 properties), part (8 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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