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Dev tools · August 26, 2013

Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python

A Pythonic wrapper for the Wikipedia API. Contribute to goldsmith/Wikipedia development by creating an account on GitHub.

Easy to use Wikipedia API for Python launched on August 26, 2013 with 218 votes, #7 of 475 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

This is a Python library that provides a simplified interface for accessing Wikipedia's API. It is designed for developers who want to retrieve Wikipedia data programmatically within Python applications. The wrapper abstracts away API complexity, making it easier to search articles, fetch content, and handle Wikipedia data without dealing directly with the underlying HTTP requests and JSON responses.

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