You can access the Wikipedia Recent Changes Snapshot 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

$echo '{
<  "buyerQuery": "buyer-ready records with source evidence",
<  "taskIntent": "buyer-ready-product-run",
<  "sourceMode": "startUrls",
<  "outputMode": "buyer-ready-records",
<  "startUrls": [
<    {
<      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&rcprop=title|timestamp|user&rclimit=30&format=json"
<    }
<  ],
<  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
<  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
<  "sinceLastRun": false,
<  "deltaMode": false,
<  "maxItems": 8
<}' |
<apify call zentrafoundry/ai-ready-website-change-diff --silent --output-dataset

Wikipedia recent changes — not a page diff API through CLI

The Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Wikipedia Recent Changes Snapshot locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install Apify CLI

Using installation script (macOS/Linux):

$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash

Using installation script (Windows):

$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex

Using Homebrew:

$brew install apify-cli

Using npm:

$npm install -g apify-cli

Other API clients include:

Wikipedia Recent Changes Snapshot API in Python

Wikipedia Recent Changes Snapshot API in JavaScript

Wikipedia Recent Changes Snapshot OpenAPI definition

Wikipedia Recent Changes Snapshot API

Wikipedia Scraper

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glassventures/wikipedia-article-extractor

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Glass Ventures

MediaWiki Scraper - Wiki Pages, Text & Categories

logiover/mediawiki-wiki-scraper

Scrape any MediaWiki or Fandom wiki in bulk. Extract page title, URL, intro text, categories, byte length, last edit date, revision ID and redirect status to CSV/JSON. Works on any wiki running MediaWiki. No API key.

Logiover