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Wikipedia Article Extractor Pro

Wikipedia Article Extractor Pro

Extract full article content from Wikipedia — search, categories, or URLs. Rich structured output with sections, categories, links, images. No API key needed, 100+ languages. Perfect for AI training data, knowledge bases, research.

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🌐 Wikipedia Article Extractor Pro

Extract full article content from Wikipedia — search, categories, or URLs. Rich structured output. No API keys needed. 100% reliable.

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✨ Why This Actor?

Wikipedia is the world's largest reference work — 60M+ articles across 300+ languages. Yet most tools only give you metadata (titles, dates, search results). This actor extracts the actual content.

FeatureWhat You Get
Search57K+ results for most queries
Full TextComplete article content, not just summaries
Structured SectionsHierarchical sections with subsections
CategoriesAll wiki categories for filtering/classification
LinksInternal + external links (optional)
ImagesImage filenames from every article (optional)
100+ LanguagesAny Wikipedia language edition
$0 API CostsFree, unlimited Wikimedia API — no API key needed

🚀 How To Use

1. Quick Search (Simplest)

{
"mode": "search",
"query": "Artificial intelligence",
"maxArticles": 5
}

Returns 5 articles about AI with full text, sections, and categories.

2. Browse a Category

{
"mode": "category",
"query": "Machine learning",
"maxArticles": 50,
"includeCategories": true
}

Gets all 293 articles from the "Machine learning" category.

3. Specific Articles

{
"mode": "urls",
"titles": "Python (programming language)\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learning",
"includeLinks": true,
"includeImages": true
}

Extract specific articles by title or full Wikipedia URL.


📦 Output Format

Each article is returned as a rich JSON object:

{
"title": "Machine learning",
"page_id": 12345,
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning",
"language": "en",
"summary": "Machine learning (ML) is a field of study...",
"full_text": "Machine learning (ML) is a field... (58K chars)",
"word_count": 8404,
"sections": [
{
"title": "History",
"text": "The term machine learning was coined in 1959...",
"level": 0,
"subsections": [...]
}
],
"categories": [
"Category:Artificial intelligence",
"Category:Machine learning"
],
"links": {
"internal": ["Algorithm", "Data mining", ...],
"external": ["https://example.org/..."]
}
}

🎯 Perfect For

Use CaseWhy It Works
AI/LLM Training DataClean, structured text at massive scale
RAG Knowledge BasesExtract articles → embed → query
Academic ResearchBatch-download articles from any category
Multilingual NLPSame content across 100+ languages
Content CreationResearch topics with structured data
SEO & AnalysisArticle structure, word counts, categories

🌍 Language Support

Use any valid Wikipedia language code:

CodeLanguage
enEnglish
hiहिन्दी (Hindi)
mrमराठी (Marathi)
frFrançais
deDeutsch
esEspañol
ja日本語
zh中文
...300+ more

⚡ Performance

MetricValue
Articles per second~3-5 (sequential)
Max batch size500 articles
Avg article size5K-15K words
API cost$0 (free Wikimedia API)
Compute costApify platform usage only

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event — you only pay for articles successfully extracted.

  • Apify handles infrastructure, storage, and delivery
  • You get clean, structured data ready for any pipeline
  • No hidden costs, no API subscriptions


👨‍💻 About the Developer

Built by Kragent — AI/ML engineer building reliable data extraction tools that just work. Based in Mumbai, India.

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