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Wikivoyage Meta API

Metadata operations (action=opensearch, action=feedrecentchanges)

Wikivoyage Meta API is one of 14 APIs that Wikivoyage publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.47.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://en.wikivoyage.org/w, https://{lang}.wikivoyage.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
1.47
Base URL
https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/api.php
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Wikivoyage Meta API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). An API key is passed in the cookie as wikivoyagewikiUserID (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.

Meta 1

Metadata operations (action=opensearch, action=feedrecentchanges)

GET
/api.php
Wikivoyage MediaWiki Action API Dispatch (GET)
callActionApiGet 10 params → 200429

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ActionResult (8 properties), ActionApiError (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ActionResult
object
Generic envelope for Action API responses. Concrete payload shape depends on action and prop/list/meta selection.
8 properties
ActionApiError
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wikivoyage-meta-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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