Wikipedia Data API | Apiosk Gateway

About

The Wikipedia Data API proxies Wikipedia's open REST endpoints through the Apiosk gateway with per-call x402 billing. Agents can run full-text search, pull a concise article summary (extract + thumbnail + description), or fetch the full rendered article as clean HTML — no API key or account needed. The gateway injects a Wikimedia-compliant User-Agent on every request. Data is CC BY-SA from the Wikimedia projects.

Base URL

https://gateway.apiosk.com/wikipedia

Technical Specs

Auth Methodnone

Response FormatJSON

Endpoints3

Endpoints

Method	Path	Description	Cost
GET	/api/rest_v1/page/html	Full rendered Wikipedia article as clean HTML (Parsoid). Append the page title to the path, e.g. /api/rest_v1/page/html/Bitcoin.	$0.02 default	View details
GET	/api/rest_v1/page/summary	Concise summary of a Wikipedia article: title, description, plain-text extract and thumbnail. Append the page title to the path, e.g. /api/rest_v1/page/summary/Bitcoin.	$0.02 default	View details
GET	/w/rest.php/v1/search/page	Full-text search across Wikipedia. Returns matching pages with title, description and a match excerpt.	$0.02 default	View details

Endpoint documentation

GET/api/rest_v1/page/html

$0.02 default

Description

Full rendered Wikipedia article as clean HTML (Parsoid). Append the page title to the path, e.g. /api/rest_v1/page/html/Bitcoin.

Pricing

$0.02 default

Parameters

{}

Response schema

{
  "description": "The full article as standards-compliant HTML (Content-Type text/html).",
  "type": "string"
}

Example response

"<!DOCTYPE html><html>... full article HTML ...</html>"

GET/api/rest_v1/page/summary

$0.02 default

Description

Concise summary of a Wikipedia article: title, description, plain-text extract and thumbnail. Append the page title to the path, e.g. /api/rest_v1/page/summary/Bitcoin.

Pricing

$0.02 default

Parameters

{}

Response schema

{
  "description": "JSON summary: title, description, extract, thumbnail, content_urls.",
  "type": "object"
}

Example response

{
  "description": "Decentralized digital currency",
  "extract": "Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency...",
  "title": "Bitcoin"
}

GET/w/rest.php/v1/search/page

$0.02 default

Description

Full-text search across Wikipedia. Returns matching pages with title, description and a match excerpt.

Pricing

$0.02 default

Parameters

{
  "limit": {
    "default": 5,
    "description": "Max results (1-100)",
    "example": 5,
    "required": false,
    "type": "integer"
  },
  "q": {
    "description": "Search query",
    "example": "Bitcoin",
    "required": true,
    "type": "string"
  }
}

Response schema

{
  "description": "JSON with a 'pages' array; each item has id, key, title, excerpt, description and thumbnail.",
  "type": "object"
}

Example request

{
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "Bitcoin"
}

Example response

{
  "pages": [
    {
      "description": "Decentralized digital currency",
      "excerpt": "<span class=\"searchmatch\">Bitcoin</span> is the first decentralized cryptocurrency.",
      "title": "Bitcoin"
    }
  ]
}