name: Wikimedia
description: Wikimedia provides REST APIs for accessing Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, and other Wikimedia project content including page summaries, search, media files, page revision history, and usage metrics. The suite includes the MediaWiki Action API for bot and edit operations, the MediaWiki REST API for modern content access, and the Wikimedia Enterprise API for commercial-scale high-volume data reuse across 920+ datasets and 360+ languages.
image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
tags:
  - Wikipedia
  - Wikimedia
  - Encyclopedia
  - Open Knowledge
  - Content
  - Search
  - Reference
url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
created: "2026-06-13"
modified: "2026-06-13"
specificationVersion: "0.19"
apis:
  - name: MediaWiki Action API
    description: The MediaWiki Action API is a web service that allows access to wiki features including authentication, page read and write operations, search, user management, and maintenance tasks. Accessible on every Wikimedia project via the api.php endpoint, it supports bots, automated tools, and third-party integrations.
    image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
    humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
    baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
    tags:
      - Wikipedia
      - Wiki
      - Pages
      - Search
      - Bots
      - Content
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=openapi
      - type: Etiquette
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
      - type: RateLimits
        url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-action-api.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Wikimedia Developer Relations
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_advocacy

  - name: MediaWiki REST API
    description: The MediaWiki REST API provides a modern RESTful interface for reading and writing wiki content including pages, revisions, file metadata, search, and content transformation between wikitext and HTML. Available on Wikipedia and all Wikimedia projects at the /rest.php endpoint.
    image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
    humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API
    baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1
    tags:
      - Wikipedia
      - Pages
      - Search
      - Revisions
      - Media
      - Transform
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API/Reference
      - type: RateLimits
        url: /rate-limits/mediawiki-rest-api.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Wikimedia Developer Relations
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_advocacy

  - name: Wikimedia REST API (RESTBase)
    description: The Wikimedia REST API provides high-performance access to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project content through a globally distributed caching layer. Endpoints cover page summaries, full HTML content, media files, and page view metrics. Available at /api/rest_v1/ on all major Wikimedia wikis.
    image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
    humanURL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
    baseURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1
    tags:
      - Wikipedia
      - Page Summary
      - Content
      - Media
      - Metrics
      - Page Views
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: /openapi/wikimedia-rest-api.json
      - type: RateLimits
        url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-rest-api.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Wikimedia Developer Relations
        url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_advocacy

  - name: Wikimedia Enterprise API
    description: Wikimedia Enterprise provides commercial-grade APIs for high-volume reuse of Wikimedia content. The suite includes an On-demand API for current article content with consistent JSON schema, a Realtime API for streaming live changes with vandalism alerts, and a Snapshot API for bulk 24-hour compressed data dumps. Covers 920+ datasets across 360+ languages.
    image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/240px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png
    humanURL: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/
    baseURL: https://api.enterprise.wikimedia.com/v2
    tags:
      - Enterprise
      - Realtime
      - Snapshots
      - On-Demand
      - Commercial
      - Bulk Data
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/docs/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: /openapi/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yaml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/pricing/
      - type: Plans
        url: /plans/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: /rate-limits/wikimedia-enterprise-api.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: /finops/wikimedia-enterprise.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Wikimedia Enterprise Sales
        url: https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/contact/

common:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Terms_of_Use
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://www.wikimediastatus.net/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/
  - type: Community
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Communication
  - type: Licensing
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Tutorial
  - type: BugTracker
    url: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/wikimedia
maintainers:
  - FN: Wikimedia Foundation
    url: https://wikimediafoundation.org/
    email: developer-relations@wikimedia.org