API:Get the contents of a page

There are three main methods for retrieving page content via the API:


 * 1) Get the content of a page through  (as wikitext).
 * 2) Get the content of a page through  (as HTML or wikitext).
 * 3) Get plain text or limited HTML extracts of a page through.

Method 1: Get the content of a page through the Revisions API
The can be used to retrieve the content of a page as wikitext. This can be done by specifying the title of the page in the  parameter and setting the   parameter to. For more options, see.

Example
GET request to obtain the retrieved wikitext content of the page Pet door.

Method 2: Get the content of a page through the Parse API
The can be used to retrieve page content in either HTML format (parsed) or Wikitext format (unparsed). This can be done by specifying a page with the  parameter or a revision with the   parameter. To retrieve HTML, set  to. To retrieve Wikitext, set  to.

Example 1
GET request to get parsed content of a page: Pet door.

Response
 ^ "World's first Passive House-certified pet door unveiled at Ecobuild 2014". www.gizmag.com. 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Retrieved 2016-07-07.  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"> ^</a> <cite class="citation web">"PetWALK Automatic Pet Door Prevents Wet Paw Marks Around The Home"</a>. Ubergizmo. 2014-03-13 . Retrieved 2016-07-07. <span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Ubergizmo&amp;rft.atitle=PetWALK+Automatic+Pet+Door+Prevents+Wet+Paw+Marks+Around+The+Home&amp;rft.date=2014-03-13&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubergizmo.com%2F2014%2F03%2Fpetwalk-automatic-pet-door-prevents-wet-paw-marks-around-the-home%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APet+door" class="Z3988"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"> ^</a> Oxford English Dictionary (full ed.), 2005. </li> <li id="cite_note-NatGeo_2004-5"> ^</a> <cite class="citation web">"Oldest Known Pet Cat? 9500-year-old Burial Found on Cyprus"</a>. National Geographic News. National Geographic Society. April 8, 2004. Retrieved March 6, 2007. <span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=National+Geographic+News&amp;rft.atitle=Oldest+Known+Pet+Cat%3F+9500-year-old+Burial+Found+on+Cyprus&amp;rft.date=2004-04-08&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.nationalgeographic.com%2Fnews%2F2004%2F04%2F0408_040408_oldestpetcat.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APet+door" class="Z3988"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"> ^</a> <cite class="citation web">Anonymous ("The Country Parson") (1863). E. H. Sears &amp; Rufus Ellis (ed.). "Random Readings: Philosophy and Common Sense"</a>. The Monthly Religious Magazine. Boston, MA: Leonard C. Bowles Press. p.&#160;298. <span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Monthly+Religious+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=Random+Readings%3A+Philosophy+and+Common+Sense&amp;rft.pages=298&amp;rft.date=1863&amp;rft.au=Anonymous+%28%22The+Country+Parson%22%29&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPXYUAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA298&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APet+door" class="Z3988"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"> ^</a> Brodetsky, S. (2007) [first pub. 1927]. Sir Isaac Newton. Upton Press. p. 100. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/>ISBN</a>&#160;1406769991</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-8"> ^</a> More, Louis Trenchard (1937). Isaac Newton: a Biography. C. Scribner's Sons. </li> <li id="cite_note-9"> ^</a> Wright, J. F. M. (1827). Alma Mater. Volume 1. p. 17. </li> <li id="cite_note-10"> ^</a> <cite class="citation web">"Petplan Pet Census 2011"</a> (PDF). Petplan. p.&#160;15. Retrieved September 11, 2012. <span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Petplan+Pet+Census+2011&amp;rft.pages=15&amp;rft.pub=Petplan&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.petplan.co.uk%2Fpetcensus%2Fcensusinfo.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APet+door" class="Z3988"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"> ^</a> <cite class="citation web">Woods, Amanda. "7 Important Measures to Pet Proof Your Home"</a>. Retrieved 23 August 2017. <span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=7+Important+Measures+to+Pet+Proof+Your+Home&amp;rft.aulast=Woods&amp;rft.aufirst=Amanda&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40woodsamanda399%2F7-important-measures-to-pet-proof-your-home-bdd3e33ae4c8&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APet+door" class="Z3988"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> </li> </ol>

Example 2
GET request to get the original wikitext content of a page: Pet door.

Method 3: Get the content of the page using TextExtracts API
The TextExtracts extension provides an API which allows you to retrieve plain-text or limited HTML extracts of page content. See for additional documentation.

Example
Get request to extract 10 sentences from the page: Pet door.

Additional notes
The content extracted directly from Wikipedia can be inserted into any MediaWiki wiki through. The content extracted comes in the form of limited wikitext, omitting leading templates, links to files or pages.