Page Description API

Page Description API Status: Scheduled for gradual deprecation starting July 2026. Replacement API routes are to be determined. Access: public Projects: all projects with a language-specific subdomain Framework: REST

The Page Description API lets you access and manage short summaries of page topics on Wikimedia projects.

Documentation

Reference

• API sandbox

Guides

• Conditional requests

Quick start

# Get a short description of the Earth article on English Wikipedia
$ curl 'https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/wikipedia/en/page/Earth/description'

Try it out

Access policy

See Wikimedia APIs/Access policy.

Rate limits

As of March 2026, requests are subject to the global Wikimedia API limits.

Stability policy

See Wikimedia APIs/Stability policy.

Report a bug

Create an account on Wikimedia Phabricator, and tag the task with Page Content Service.

Get help

Leave a comment on the discussion page.

Contribute

To edit the docs, see Gerrit/Tutorial to contribute to the OpenAPI description.

Changelog

See Wikimedia APIs/Changelog.