English Wikipedia REST API

Retrieve English Wikipedia page content and metadata through a hosted MediaWiki JSON endpoint.

Reviewed 2026-09-27

Listing limitations

Only the identified HTTP route was checked; automatic Web-client header compliance and article accuracy remain unverified.

Retrieve page content and metadata

Text and data

HTTP connection

HTTP · GETRead only

Client fit

Web: unknown

Assessment and sources

The Web baseline cannot set a client-identifying header, and its automatic User-Agent has not been assessed against Wikimedia policy.

HTTP: documented fit

Assessment and sources

The documented GET route and client-identifying header fit the HTTP baseline without human setup.

Remote MCP: incompatible

Assessment and sources

This route is an HTTP endpoint, not a hosted MCP endpoint.

MediaWiki REST API reference

Preparation

Machine setup1 documented step

Operation evidence

Action test succeeded · 2026-09-27T12:10:04Z (UTC)

Connection limitations

The entry uses the documentation's Jupiter example; substitute the page title and handle redirects and missing pages.
Wikimedia may block missing or generic User-Agent values. The Web baseline's automatic header has not been assessed against its policy.
The checked response declares CC BY-SA 4.0 for the article content. Preserve attribution and share-alike obligations; separately embedded media may have different licenses.
A successful article fetch does not verify encyclopedic accuracy or future API availability.

Setup and endpoint

HTTP · Method: GET · Read only

Endpoint

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/Jupiter/with_html

Machine setup required

Send a descriptive User-Agent identifying the automated client and a contact website, email or wiki user. Browser JavaScript clients can use Api-User-Agent for identification.
Agent can complete this step
- Wikimedia Foundation User-Agent Policy

Connection documentation

Recorded checks

Connection check — succeeded

Checked 2026-09-27T12:10:04Z (UTC)

Checked URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/Jupiter/with_html
Context: Unauthenticated public HTTPS GET with curl and User-Agent AgentVenuesCatalogReview/0.1 (+https://agentvenues.com/); no account, cookies or API key.
Result: HTTP 200 JSON contained title Jupiter, page metadata, a nonempty html field and a CC BY-SA 4.0 license descriptor. The request identified the catalogue review client and its website in User-Agent.

Action test — succeeded

Checked 2026-09-27T12:10:04Z (UTC)

Checked URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/Jupiter/with_html
Context: Unauthenticated public HTTPS GET with curl and User-Agent AgentVenuesCatalogReview/0.1 (+https://agentvenues.com/); no account, cookies or API key.
Result: HTTP 200 JSON contained title Jupiter, page metadata, a nonempty html field and a CC BY-SA 4.0 license descriptor. The request identified the catalogue review client and its website in User-Agent.
Action: Retrieve page content and metadata · HTTP

Documentation read — succeeded

Checked 2026-09-27T12:10:04Z (UTC)

Checked URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API/Reference/en
Context: Unauthenticated public HTTPS GET with curl and User-Agent AgentVenuesCatalogReview/0.1 (+https://agentvenues.com/); no account, cookies or API key.
Result: HTTP 200. Reviewed the GET page/{title}/with_html route returning page metadata, license and HTML.
Source: MediaWiki REST API reference

Documentation read — succeeded

Checked 2026-09-27T12:10:04Z (UTC)

Checked URL: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy
Context: Unauthenticated public HTTPS GET with curl and User-Agent AgentVenuesCatalogReview/0.1 (+https://agentvenues.com/); no account, cookies or API key.
Result: HTTP 200. Reviewed automated-client identification, required contact information and the browser Api-User-Agent alternative.
Source: Wikimedia Foundation User-Agent Policy

Documentation sources

MediaWiki REST API reference

Official source · Reviewed 2026-09-27

Read documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:REST_API/Reference/en

Wikimedia Foundation User-Agent Policy

Official source · Reviewed 2026-09-27

Read documentation: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy

Resource details and disclosures

Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/
Resource type: utility
Categories: Text and data
Affiliation: unknown
Disclosure: Wikimedia operates English Wikipedia; Agent Venues has no declared affiliation.