Wikipedia API

How to Use This API

1. Page Summary (REST API)

https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/JavaScript

Returns title, extract (first paragraph), thumbnail image, and page URL.

2. Page Summary in Another Language

https://fr.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Paris

3. Full Page HTML

https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/html/Python_(programming_language)

4. Search Articles (Action API)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=quantum&limit=5

5. JavaScript — Knowledge Box

async function wikiSummary(topic) {
  const resp = await fetch(
    `https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/${encodeURIComponent(topic)}`
  );
  const data = await resp.json();
  
  console.log(`\u{1F4D6} ${data.title}`);
  console.log(`\n${data.extract}`);
  console.log(`\nRead more: ${data.content_urls.desktop.page}`);
  if (data.thumbnail) {
    console.log(`Image: ${data.thumbnail.source}`);
  }
}

wikiSummary('Artificial intelligence');

6. Python — Multi-Lingual Search

import requests

def search_wikipedia(query, lang='en', limit=3):
    params = {
        'action': 'opensearch',
        'search': query,
        'limit': limit,
        'namespace': 0,
        'format': 'json'
    }
    resp = requests.get(
        f'https://{lang}.wikipedia.org/w/api.php',
        params=params
    )
    data = resp.json()
    
    print(f'Wikipedia ({lang}) results for "{query}":')
    for i, title in enumerate(data[1], 1):
        desc = data[2][i - 1] if i <= len(data[2]) else ''
        url = data[3][i - 1] if i <= len(data[3]) else ''
        print(f'  {i}. {title}')
        if desc:
            print(f'     {desc[:80]}...')
        print(f'     {url}')

search_wikipedia('machine learning', 'en')
search_wikipedia('aprendizaje automático', 'es')