Wikipedia

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.

Usage Instructions

Integrate Wikipedia into the workflow. Can get page summary, search pages, get page content, and get random page.

Actions

Wikipedia Page Summary

Get a summary and metadata for a specific Wikipedia page.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
pageTitlestringYesTitle of the Wikipedia page to get summary for

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
summaryobjectWikipedia page summary and metadata
↳ typestringPage type (standard, disambiguation, etc.)
↳ titlestringPage title
↳ displaytitlestringDisplay title with formatting
↳ descriptionstringShort page description
↳ extractstringPage extract/summary text
↳ extract_htmlstringExtract in HTML format
↳ thumbnailobjectThumbnail image data
↳ sourcestringThumbnail image URL
↳ widthnumberThumbnail width in pixels
↳ heightnumberThumbnail height in pixels
↳ originalimageobjectOriginal image data
↳ sourcestringThumbnail image URL
↳ widthnumberThumbnail width in pixels
↳ heightnumberThumbnail height in pixels
↳ content_urlsobjectURLs to access the page
↳ desktopobjectDesktop URLs
↳ pagestringPage URL
↳ revisionsstringRevisions URL
↳ editstringEdit URL
↳ talkstringTalk page URL
↳ mobileobjectMobile URLs
↳ pagestringPage URL
↳ revisionsstringRevisions URL
↳ editstringEdit URL
↳ talkstringTalk page URL
↳ langstringPage language code
↳ dirstringText direction (ltr or rtl)
↳ timestampstringLast modification timestamp
↳ pageidnumberWikipedia page ID
↳ wikibase_itemstringWikidata item ID
↳ coordinatesobjectGeographic coordinates
↳ latnumberLatitude
↳ lonnumberLongitude

Search for Wikipedia pages by title or content.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringYesSearch query to find Wikipedia pages
searchLimitnumberNoMaximum number of results to return (default: 10, max: 50)

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
searchResultsarrayArray of matching Wikipedia pages
↳ idnumberResult index
↳ keystringURL-friendly page key
↳ titlestringPage title
↳ excerptstringSearch result excerpt
↳ matched_titlestringMatched title variant
↳ descriptionstringPage description
↳ thumbnailobjectThumbnail data
↳ mimetypestringImage MIME type
↳ sizenumberFile size in bytes
↳ widthnumberWidth in pixels
↳ heightnumberHeight in pixels
↳ durationnumberDuration for video
↳ urlstringThumbnail URL
↳ urlstringPage URL
totalHitsnumberTotal number of search results found
querystringThe search query that was executed

Wikipedia Page Content

Get the full HTML content of a Wikipedia page.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
pageTitlestringYesTitle of the Wikipedia page to get content for

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
contentobjectFull HTML content and metadata of the Wikipedia page
↳ titlestringPage title
↳ pageidnumberWikipedia page ID
↳ htmlstringFull HTML content of the page
↳ revisionnumberPage revision number
↳ tidstringTransaction ID (ETag)
↳ timestampstringLast modified timestamp
↳ content_modelstringContent model (wikitext)
↳ content_formatstringContent format (text/html)

Wikipedia Random Page

Get a random Wikipedia page.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
randomPageobjectRandom Wikipedia page data
↳ typestringPage type
↳ titlestringPage title
↳ displaytitlestringDisplay title
↳ descriptionstringPage description
↳ extractstringPage extract/summary
↳ thumbnailobjectThumbnail image data
↳ sourcestringThumbnail image URL
↳ widthnumberThumbnail width in pixels
↳ heightnumberThumbnail height in pixels
↳ content_urlsobjectURLs to access the page
↳ desktopobjectDesktop URL
↳ pagestringPage URL
↳ mobileobjectMobile URL
↳ pagestringPage URL
↳ langstringLanguage code
↳ timestampstringTimestamp
↳ pageidnumberPage ID