# Wikipedia API: Get key facts from an article

> Returns the labeled facts, in order, from the information box of a Wikipedia article in any language edition. Articles without an information box have no facts.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-key-facts
- Method: `wikipedia.org/get_key_facts`, version 1
- Website: wikipedia.org
- Returns: article title, article link, labeled facts
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `topic` | string | yes | `"Tokyo"` | Article name or subject, such as Apple Inc. |
| `language` | string | no |  | Wikipedia language name or code, such as Spanish or es. Defaults to English. Default "English". |

## Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{
  "topic": "Tokyo"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "Country",
      "value": "Japan"
    },
    {
      "label": "Region",
      "value": "Kantō"
    },
    {
      "label": "Island",
      "value": "Honshu"
    }
  ],
  "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo",
  "article_title": "Tokyo"
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"wikipedia.org/get_key_facts","input":{"topic":"Tokyo"}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- Pull the infobox details for Mount Kilimanjaro from Wikipedia — elevation, first ascent, location, all of it
- What does the summary box say about Taylor Swift? I need birth date, genres, labels, years active
- Get me the key facts listed for the Eiffel Tower on the French Wikipedia
- Quick stats on Tesla, Inc.: founders, headquarters, revenue, number of employees
- Show the facts sidebar for Lionel Messi from the Spanish-language article

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Article name or subject, such as Apple Inc."
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, such as Spanish or es. Defaults to English."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "article_title",
    "article_link",
    "facts"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "facts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "label",
          "value"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "label": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "value": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Labeled information-box facts in article order."
    },
    "article_link": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Link to the article."
    },
    "article_title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title of the article."
    }
  }
}
```

## See more

- [Wikipedia API: Get article summary](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-article-summary.md): Returns the opening summary, short description, main image, article link and last edit time for a Wikipedia topic in the chosen language. For ambiguous names it uses the top matching article and lists up to five alternatives.
- [Wikipedia API: Get full article](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-full-article.md): Returns the full text of a Wikipedia article in ordered sections, with its last edit time, reference count and visible categories, in any language edition. Footnotes, tables and navigation material are excluded; a topic that is not an exact title uses the best search match.
- [Wikipedia API: Get page views](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-page-views.md): Returns human-reader view counts for a Wikipedia article by day or month, with totals, daily averages and the peak period.
- [Wikipedia API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/search-articles.md): Searches a Wikipedia language edition by keywords and returns matching articles in relevance order, with descriptions, snippets, word counts, last edit dates and links.
- [Wikipedia API: Get Wikipedia On this day](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-on-this-day.md): Returns Wikipedia's On this day events, births, deaths and holidays for a month and day, in a chosen Wikipedia language; events, births and deaths come newest year first.
- [Britannica API: Get article](https://fous.com/methods/britannica.com/get-article.md): Finds the best-matching Britannica encyclopedia article for a topic and returns its introduction, quick facts, section headings, update date and main image.
- [Fandom API: Get a wiki article](https://fous.com/methods/fandom.com/get-wiki-article.md): Finds a topic on the main English Fandom wiki for a franchise (picked from Fandom's cross-wiki search, or given as a wiki or article link) and returns the article's opening paragraphs, infobox facts, section headings, main image and links.
- [Wikidata API: Get facts](https://fous.com/methods/wikidata.org/get-facts.md): Looks up a Wikidata item by name, item ID or link and returns its name, description, image, links and readable facts. A hint picks between items with similar names.
- [All Wikipedia methods](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org.md)