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Updated 29 January 2026

❗  Upcoming deprecation
The Core REST API is scheduled for gradual deprecation starting July 2026. Use the MediaWiki REST API instead.

Core endpoints help you discover and interact with free knowledge from across Wikimedia projects.

Search

Discover free knowledge on Wikipedia and other projects.

› Search endpoints

Pages

Get pages from Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

› Page endpoints

Media files

Get freely licensed images, audio, and video.

› File endpoints

Revisions

Explore page history and compare revisions.

› Revision endpoints


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