aid: wagtail
name: Wagtail
description: >
  Wagtail is a leading open-source Python content management system built on
  Django. It provides a REST API v2 for accessing pages, images, documents,
  snippets, and custom content types in both headless and traditional
  deployments. The API delivers JSON-formatted content to web, mobile, and
  other non-web clients, supporting filtering, full-text search, field
  selection, and pagination. Wagtail is used by NASA, Google, NHS, Mozilla,
  MIT, and thousands of other organisations worldwide.
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created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: "0.19"
tags:
  - CMS
  - Content Management
  - Django
  - Python
  - Headless CMS
  - Open Source
  - REST API
  - Pages
  - Images
  - Documents
apis:
  - aid: wagtail:wagtail-api-v2
    name: Wagtail API v2
    description: >
      The Wagtail REST API v2 exposes site content — pages, images, documents,
      and redirects — as JSON. Endpoints support filtering by field value, tree
      relationships (child_of, ancestor_of, descendant_of), locale, and site.
      Full-text search, field selection, and cursor-based pagination via limit
      and offset are built in. Custom page models can expose additional fields
      through the api_fields attribute. Authentication is optional and
      configurable via Django REST Framework.
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    humanURL: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/
    baseURL: https://{your-wagtail-site}/api/v2/
    tags:
      - CMS
      - Content Management
      - Pages
      - Images
      - Documents
      - REST API
      - Django
      - Python
      - Headless CMS
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/v2/usage.html
      - type: Configuration
        url: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.html
    contact:
      - FN: Wagtail Community
        url: https://wagtail.org/slack
        email: hello@wagtail.org
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://wagtail.org
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/latest/advanced_topics/api/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/wagtail
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wagtail-cms
  - type: Blog
    url: https://wagtail.org/blog/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://wagtail.org/services/
  - type: X
    url: https://twitter.com/WagtailCMS
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/wagtail-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/wagtail-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/wagtail-finops.yml
  - type: BlogPosts
    url: blogs/blogs.json
  - type: JsonLD
    url: json-ld/wagtail.json
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com