Wikipedia Summary & Extract
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Get the clean intro extract, description, thumbnail and image for any Wikipedia topic in any language, via the official Wikimedia REST API. For content apps, chatbots, RAG and knowledge cards. No key, no proxy.
You can access the Wikipedia Summary & Extract programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = { "titles": [9 "OpenAI",10 "Quantum computing",11 ] }12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish14run = client.actor("bgfc97/wikipedia-summary").call(run_input=run_input)15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():19 print(item)20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Wikipedia Summary & Extract API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: