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Welcome to the API Portal! This site is currently in development. To receive updates about our official launch, email apaskulin@wikimedia.org. For information about other Wikimedia APIs, see mw:API.

Wikimedia API Portal

Start building free knowledge apps with open access to multilingual information from Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

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Open access to Wikimedia content

Wikipedia articles

Embed encyclopedia articles in over 300 languages.

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Featured content

Get daily featured encyclopedia articles and images.

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Images & media files

Search over 64 million images, videos, and more.

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Browse Wikimedia APIs

Wikimedia offers various APIs that provide access to content and data from Wikimedia projects.

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Connect with the community

Contribute a code sample, help improve API documentation, or join an upcoming event.

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