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Wikipedia / MediaWiki Transforms API

Wikitext HTML transformation

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

This API exposes 10 operations across 10 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.

10 operations 10 paths 1 schemas 10 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 Transforms 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 10

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 10 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Transforms 10

Wikitext HTML transformation

POST
/transform/wikitext/to/html/{title}
MediaWiki Core REST Transform Wikitext to HTML
transformWikitextToHtml 1 param body → 200
POST
/transform/html/to/wikitext/{title}
MediaWiki Core REST Transform HTML to Wikitext
transformHtmlToWikitext 1 param body → 200
POST
/transform/wikitext/to/lint/{title}
MediaWiki Core REST Lint Wikitext for Errors
transformWikitextToLint 1 param body → 200
POST
/transform/html/to/wikitext
Wikimedia REST Transform HTML to Wikitext
1 param body → 200403404409410default
POST
/transform/html/to/wikitext/{title}/{revision}
Wikimedia REST Transform HTML to Wikitext
3 params body → 200403404409410default
POST
/transform/wikitext/to/html
Wikimedia REST Transform Wikitext to HTML
body → 200403404409410default
POST
/transform/wikitext/to/html/{title}/{revision}
Wikimedia REST Transform Wikitext to HTML
2 params body → 200403404409410default
POST
/transform/wikitext/to/lint
Wikimedia REST Check Wikitext for Lint Errors
body → 200404409410default
POST
/transform/wikitext/to/lint/{title}/{revision}
Wikimedia REST Check Wikitext for Lint Errors
2 params body → 200404409410default
POST
/transform/wikitext/to/mobile-html/{title}
Wikimedia REST Transform Wikitext to Mobile HTML
transformWikitextToMobileHtml 3 params body → 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-transforms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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