Full-text search over Wikipedia articles. Each result carries title, page id, URL, size in bytes, word count, a plain-text snippet, the HTML snippet with match markers and the last update time. total_hits is exact. Search offsets above 10,000 answer 422. 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.
3 optional filters available.
string
Required
Search text.
Albert Einstein
string
Optional
Wikipedia language code: en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, ja, ru, pl, sv or zh. Defaults to en.
en
integer
Optional
1-based page. Defaults to 1.
1
integer
Optional
Results per page, 1-50. Defaults to 20.
10
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/search?q=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;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/wikipedia/search?q=Albert+Einstein&language=en');
if ($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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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/search?q=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": {
"search_parameters": {
"q": "Albert Einstein",
"language": "en"
},
"total_hits": 7558,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 2,
"has_more": true,
"results": [
{
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"page_id": 736,
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
"size_bytes": 240568,
"word_count": 23869,
"snippet": "Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 \u2013 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein a...",
"snippet_html": "<span class=\"searchmatch\">Albert</span> <span class=\"searchmatch\">Einstein</span> (14 March 1879\u00a0\u2013 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physic...",
"updated_at": "2026-11-03T19:04:40Z"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "search",
"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
}
}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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