Get file

GET	/core/v1/{project}/{language}/file/{title}

Returns information about a file, including links to download the file in thumbnail, preview, and original formats.

Examples

curl

# Get the file The_Blue_Marble.jpg on Wikimedia Commons
$ curl https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/commons/file/File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg

Python

# Python 3
# Get the file The_Blue_Marble.jpg on Wikimedia Commons

import requests

file = 'File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg'
url = 'https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/commons/file/' + file

headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
  'User-Agent': 'YOUR_APP_NAME (YOUR_EMAIL_OR_CONTACT_PAGE)'
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
data = response.json()
print(data)

PHP

<?php
// Get the file The_Blue_Marble.jpg on Wikimedia Commons

$url = 'https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/commons/file/File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg';
$authorization = 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN';

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array( $authorization ));
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'YOUR_APP_NAME (YOUR_EMAIL_OR_CONTACT_PAGE)' );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

echo( $output );
?>

JavaScript

// Get the file The_Blue_Marble.jpg on Wikimedia Commons

let url = 'https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/commons/file/File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg';
let response = await fetch( url,
    {
        headers: {
            'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
            'Api-User-Agent': 'YOUR_APP_NAME (YOUR_EMAIL_OR_CONTACT_PAGE)'
        }
    }
);
response.json()
    .then(console.log).catch(console.error);

Parameters

project required path	Project name. For example: wikipedia (encyclopedia articles), commons (images, audio, and video), wiktionary (dictionary entries). List all projects.
language required path	Language code. For example: ar (Arabic), en (English), es (Spanish). List supported languages. Note: The language parameter is prohibited for commons and other multilingual projects.
title required path	File title

Responses

200

Success: file found. Returns a file. Example { "title": "The Blue Marble.jpg", "file_description_url": "//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg", "latest": { "timestamp": "2011-12-07T05:11:41Z", "user": { "id": 811185, "name": "Ultimate Roadgeek" } }, "preferred": { "mediatype": "BITMAP", "size": null, "width": 599, "height": 599, "duration": null, "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_Blue_Marble.jpg/599px-The_Blue_Marble.jpg" }, "original": { "mediatype": "BITMAP", "size": 7011595, "width": 3000, "height": 3002, "duration": null, "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/The_Blue_Marble.jpg" }, "thumbnail": { "mediatype": "BITMAP", "size": null, "width": 1023, "height": 1024, "duration": null, "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_Blue_Marble.jpg/1023px-The_Blue_Marble.jpg" } }

404

Error: File not found Example { "messageTranslations": { "en": "The specified title does not exist" }, "httpCode": 404, "httpReason": "Not Found" }