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Wikipedia API commands

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A few examples from MediaWiki/Wikipedia API.

Get multiple pages by title (Action API)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Cat|Dog&rvslots=*&rvprop=content&formatversion=2&format=json

(see https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query)

Get multiple pages by ID (Action API)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&pageids=3276454|4269567&rvslots=*&rvprop=content&formatversion=2&format=json

(see https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query

Find multiple pages by Category (Action API)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Pets&prop=categories&cllimit=max&gcmlimit=max

(see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers)

Get single page by title (REST API)

https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Cat

(see https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/)

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