Get Wikipedia Article Summary API
What is the Wikipedia summary API on upAPI?
The Wikipedia summary API on upAPI wraps the Wikipedia REST page summary endpoint: give it an article title and get the description, extract, thumbnail, page URL and coordinates as JSON, in most Wikipedia language editions, by language code. No Wikipedia key of your own is needed, only one upAPI key. The Free plan includes 1,000 weighted units a month.
Fetch a Wikipedia article summary (description + extract + thumbnail + coordinates) from any supported language via the public REST API.
How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 15 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 3600 seconds, unbilled.
POST https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get
Get Wikipedia Article Summary API reference
Request parameters
- title
- stringrequired — Article title, URL-style slug, or free-form text (e.g. "Albert Einstein")
- language
- string — Wikipedia language code
Response fields
- lang
- stringrequired
- title
- stringrequired
- extract
- stringrequired
- pageUrl
- stringrequired
- revision
- stringrequired
- fetchedAt
- stringrequired
- thumbnail
- stringrequired
- timestamp
- stringrequired
- coordinates
- objectrequired
- description
- stringrequired
- extractHtml
- stringrequired
- displayTitle
- stringrequired
- originalImage
- stringrequired
Example request and response
The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.
{
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"language": "en"
}{
"lang": "example",
"title": "Alan Turing",
"extract": "example",
"pageUrl": "example",
"revision": "example",
"fetchedAt": "example",
"thumbnail": "example",
"timestamp": "example",
"coordinates": {},
"description": "example",
"extractHtml": "example",
"displayTitle": "example",
"originalImage": "example"
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "title": "Albert Einstein", "language": "en" }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"language": "en"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"language": "en"
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "title": "Albert Einstein", "language": "en" }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var result map[string]any
json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
fmt.Println(result)
}PHP
<?php
$payload = json_encode([
'title' => 'Albert Einstein',
'language' => 'en',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "title": "Albert Einstein", "language": "en" }.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)Java
import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = "{ \"title\": \"Albert Einstein\", \"language\": \"en\" }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get")
.post(body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
System.out.println(result);
}C#
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"title\": \"Albert Einstein\", \"language\": \"en\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/wikipedia-article.get", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Get Wikipedia Article Summary API cost per call?
Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.
How do I authenticate to the Get Wikipedia Article Summary API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Get Wikipedia Article Summary API responses cached?
Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 3600 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.