Wikiquote Quotations Scraper
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Wikiquote Quotations Scraper
Pull sourced quotations for any person or topic straight from Wikiquote. Returns the quote text, attribution, page title, section, and language for every line. Handy for writers, researchers, and trivia builders who want clean, verifiable quotes from a trusted reference.
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💬 Wikiquote Quotations Scraper
🚀 Export sourced quotations in seconds. Turn any Wikiquote page into a clean feed of quotes with attribution, section, and source link, one record per quotation.
Wikiquote is the open, community curated companion to Wikipedia dedicated to quotations from notable people, books, films, and topics. This Actor reads a page through the official MediaWiki API, parses the bulleted quote lines under the Quotes sections, strips the wiki markup, and returns each quotation as its own structured record.
Coverage: Pull quotations from any Wikiquote page in English (en) plus nine other language editions including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, and Japanese. Each record carries the quote text, the attribution or source note when present, the page title, the section it came from, the language, and a direct link back to the page.
| 🎯 Target Audience | 💡 Primary Use Cases |
|---|---|
| Writers, journalists, and editors | Sourcing accurate, attributed quotes |
| Researchers and students | Building citation ready quote collections |
| App and bot builders | Powering quote of the day feeds |
| Educators and trivia creators | Compiling themed quotation sets |
📋 What the Wikiquote Quotations Scraper does
- Reads one or more Wikiquote pages by title through the MediaWiki action API.
- Detects the quotation sections (Quotes, Sourced, Attributed, Misattributed, and similar) and skips See also, References, and external link blocks.
- Parses each top level bullet as a quote and the indented sub bullets as attribution or source notes.
- Strips wiki markup, reference tags, templates, and citation only lines, leaving readable text.
- Outputs one clean record per quotation, ready for downstream use.
- Supports ten language editions and a configurable item limit.
📊 Data fields
Each record includes: attribution, language, pageTitle, quote, results, scrapedAt, section, sourceUrl. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.
🚀 How to use
- Sign up for a free Apify account using this link.
- Open the Wikiquote Quotations Scraper.
- Enter one or more page titles and pick a language edition.
- Set an item limit, then click Start.
- Download your quotations or connect them to your app through the Apify API.
🔗 Recommended Actors
- ParseForge collection for more reference and knowledge base scrapers.
- Browse the ParseForge store for related Wikipedia and reference data tools.
💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.
⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with Wikiquote or the Wikimedia Foundation. Only publicly available data is collected.
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