Wikipedia REST API

curl 'https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Application_programming_interface'

const res = await fetch("https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Application_programming_interface");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.get("https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Application_programming_interface", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

{
  "type": "standard",
  "title": "API",
  "displaytitle": "<span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">API</span></span>",
  "namespace": {
    "id": 0,
    "text": ""
  },
  "wikibase_item": "Q165194",
  "titles": {
    "canonical": "API",
    "normalized": "API",
    "display": "<span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">API</span></span>"
  },
  "pageid": 27697009,
  "lang": "en",
  "dir": "ltr",
  "revision": "1369265506",
  "tid": "b1c3fd1c-9768-11f1-8988-d87634d3c42d",
  "timestamp": "2026-08-13T22:45:34Z",
  "description": "Connection between computers or programs",
  "description_source": "local",
  "content_urls": {
    "desktop": {
      "page": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API",
      "revisions": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API?action=history",
      "edit": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API?action=edit",
      "talk": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:API"
    },
    "mobile": {
      "page": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API",
      "revisions": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/API",
      "edit": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API?action=edit",
      "talk": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:API"
    }
  },
  "extract": "\nAn application programming interface (API) is a connection between computers or between computer programs. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how to build such a connection or interface is called an API specification. A computer system that meets this standard is said to implement or ex