Wikipedia provides article content for research workflows. Search for a topic, retrieve a summary or full page, or request a random article. Use the returned article links when citing the retrieved material.
Get page summary, search pages, get page content, and get random page.
Get a summary and metadata for a specific Wikipedia page.
Parameter Type Required Description pageTitlestring Yes Title of the Wikipedia page to get summary for
Parameter Type Description summaryobject Wikipedia page summary and metadata ↳ type string Page type (standard, disambiguation, etc.) ↳ title string Page title ↳ displaytitle string Display title with formatting ↳ description string Short page description ↳ extract string Page extract/summary text ↳ extract_html string Extract in HTML format ↳ thumbnail object Thumbnail image data ↳ source string Thumbnail image URL ↳ width number Thumbnail width in pixels ↳ height number Thumbnail height in pixels ↳ originalimage object Original image data ↳ source string Thumbnail image URL ↳ width number Thumbnail width in pixels ↳ height number Thumbnail height in pixels ↳ content_urls object URLs to access the page ↳ desktop object Desktop URLs ↳ page string Page URL ↳ revisions string Revisions URL ↳ edit string Edit URL ↳ talk string Talk page URL ↳ mobile object Mobile URLs ↳ page string Page URL ↳ revisions string Revisions URL ↳ edit string Edit URL ↳ talk string Talk page URL ↳ lang string Page language code ↳ dir string Text direction (ltr or rtl) ↳ timestamp string Last modification timestamp ↳ pageid number Wikipedia page ID ↳ wikibase_item string Wikidata item ID ↳ coordinates object Geographic coordinates ↳ lat number Latitude ↳ lon number Longitude
Search for Wikipedia pages by title or content.
Parameter Type Required Description querystring Yes Search query to find Wikipedia pages searchLimitnumber No Maximum number of results to return (default: 10, max: 50)
Parameter Type Description searchResultsarray Array of matching Wikipedia pages ↳ id number Result index ↳ key string URL-friendly page key ↳ title string Page title ↳ excerpt string Search result excerpt ↳ matched_title string Matched title variant ↳ description string Page description ↳ thumbnail object Thumbnail data ↳ mimetype string Image MIME type ↳ size number File size in bytes ↳ width number Width in pixels ↳ height number Height in pixels ↳ duration number Duration for video ↳ url string Thumbnail URL ↳ url string Page URL totalHitsnumber Total number of search results found querystring The search query that was executed
Get the full HTML content of a Wikipedia page.
Parameter Type Required Description pageTitlestring Yes Title of the Wikipedia page to get content for
Parameter Type Description contentobject Full HTML content and metadata of the Wikipedia page ↳ title string Page title ↳ pageid number Wikipedia page ID ↳ html string Full HTML content of the page ↳ revision number Page revision number ↳ tid string Transaction ID (ETag) ↳ timestamp string Last modified timestamp ↳ content_model string Content model (wikitext) ↳ content_format string Content format (text/html)
Get a random Wikipedia page.
Parameter Type Required Description
Parameter Type Description randomPageobject Random Wikipedia page data ↳ type string Page type ↳ title string Page title ↳ displaytitle string Display title ↳ description string Page description ↳ extract string Page extract/summary ↳ thumbnail object Thumbnail image data ↳ source string Thumbnail image URL ↳ width number Thumbnail width in pixels ↳ height number Thumbnail height in pixels ↳ content_urls object URLs to access the page ↳ desktop object Desktop URL ↳ page string Page URL ↳ mobile object Mobile URL ↳ page string Page URL ↳ lang string Language code ↳ timestamp string Timestamp ↳ pageid number Page ID