Returns one Wikipedia article: page id, title, canonical URL, short description, Wikidata id, disambiguation flag, summary, the full plain text, sections, infobox as label and value pairs (empty when the article has none; some languages keep these facts elsewhere), internal links, images with file URLs, external links, categories and language links. Redirects are followed and reported in redirected_from. Missing articles answer 404. Languages: en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, ja, ru, pl, sv and zh. Costs 1 credit per successful request.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
1 optional filter available.
string
Required
Article title, e.g. Albert Einstein. Redirects are followed.
Albert Einstein
string
Optional
Wikipedia language code: en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, ja, ru, pl, sv or zh. Defaults to en.
en
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/article?title=Albert+Einstein&language=en")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"page_id": 736,
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"display_title": "Albert Einstein",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
"language": "en",
"description": "German-born theoretical physicist (1879\u20131955)",
"wikidata_id": "Q937",
"is_disambiguation": false,
"text": "...",
"sections": [
{
"index": 1,
"level": 2,
"number": "1",
"title": "Life and career",
"anchor": "Life_and_career"
},
{
"index": 2,
"level": 3,
"number": "1.1",
"title": "Childhood, youth and education",
"anchor": "Childhood,_youth_and_education"
}
],
"infobox": [
{
"label": "Born",
"value": "(1879-03-14)14 March 1879, Ulm, Kingdom of W\u00fcrttemberg, German Empire"
},
{
"label": "Died",
"value": "18 April 1955(1955-04-18) (aged 76), Princeton, New Jersey, U.S."
}
],
"links": [
{
"title": "Einstein (disambiguation)",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_%28disambiguation%29"
},
{
"title": "Albert Einstein (disambiguation)",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein_%28disambiguation%29"
}
],
"images": [
{
"file": "Symbol support vote.svg",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Symbol_support_vote.svg"
},
{
"file": "Semi-protection-shackle.svg",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Semi-protection-shackle.svg"
}
],
"external_links": [
"https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbm.1955.0005",
"https://www.jstor.org/stable/769242"
],
"categories": [],
"language_links": [
{
"language": "ab",
"name": "Abkhazian",
"title": "\u0415\u0438\u043d\u0448\u0442\u0435\u0438\u043d, \u0410\u043b\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0442",
"url": "https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
},
{
"language": "af",
"name": "Afrikaans",
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"url": "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "article",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Upstream Unavailable
The source could not be fetched after the attempt budget. Never charged. Safe to retry.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The source is temporarily unavailable."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true
}
}Parser Drift
The source returned a shape this parser does not recognise. The incident is reported. Never charged.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
"message": "The source response shape changed unexpectedly. The incident has been reported."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
}Not Found
The source has no such public resource. Never charged.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The source has no such public resource."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
}Invalid Parameter
A value in this request is invalid or the requested page is out of range. Never charged.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_PARAMETER",
"message": "A value in this request is invalid. Check the parameters before retrying."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
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