API:Clients of Wikimedia APIs

A list of public uses of Wikimedia APIs.

Non-API clients
Note many clients do not use MediaWiki APIs to access Wikimedia's free open knowledge, instead they m:Research:Data is a good overview of these alternatives.
 * download and process Data dumps
 * monitor Recent changes feeds
 * have an arrangement to use the Wikimedia update feed service (still?))

API clients
We ask clients to "Use a descriptive  header that includes your application's name and potentially your email address if appropriate." T102079 is the task to use this to create "Metrics about the use of the Wikimedia web APIs."

Known clients
Here are some clients of the API, many determined by noticing Wikipedia credits.

Wikipedia info
examples
 * Kindle
 * Google knowledge cards
 * music services
 * etc.

Wikidata info
?

Other Wikimedia sites

 * ? Wikivoyage, Wikiquote, Wiktionary users?

Clients updating
(GLAM, national libraries, data import bots, etc.)