Wikipedia

Article summaries, article search results and article page views

Wikipedia returns article summaries, images, facts, relevant search matches, readable text and daily historical events, plus human-view counts from July 2015 onward.

Get article summary

Get the opening summary, description, image, article link, and last edit time for a Wikipedia topic in the chosen language. Ambiguous names use the top matching article and include up to five alternatives.

Your information

Topic

The topic or name to look up, for example Eiffel Tower or Taylor Swift.

More options

LanguageOptional

Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English.

1 credit per run

Example results

Summary: The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
Article Link: en.wikipedia.org
Article Title: Eiffel Tower
Last Edited At: 2026-09-25T19:49:48+00:00
Main Image Link: Open image
Short Description: Tower in Paris, France
Other Possible Articles: None

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About Wikipedia

Wikipedia’s Get article summary returns an opening summary, image, edit time, and alternatives; provide a topic and optionally a language.

Get key facts returns labeled information-box facts, while Get full article returns ordered text, categories, references, and edit time.

Search articles finds matching pages; Get on this day lists date-based entries; Get page views reports views for a topic and date range.

Built by Fous from wikipedia.org and wikimedia.org and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 28, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Wikipedia.

Actions

Get article summary

1 credit per run

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Topic`topic`	Text	Required	The topic or name to look up, for example Eiffel Tower or Taylor Swift.Example: Eiffel Tower
Language`language`	Text	Optional	Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English.Example: Spanish

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Summary`summary`	Text	The opening paragraph as plain text, when available.Example: The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It…
Article Link`article_link`	Text	Link to the selected Wikipedia article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
Article Title`article_title`	Text	Title of the selected article.Example: Eiffel Tower
Last Edited At`last_edited_at`	Date	When the article was last edited, as an ISO 8601 date-time with offset.Example: 2026-09-25T19:49:48+00:00
Main Image Link`main_image_link`	Text	Link to the main article image, when available.Example: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Eiffel_Tower_logo.svg/330px…
Short Description`short_description`	Text	Short description of the article, when available.Example: Tower in Paris, France
Other Possible Articles`other_possible_articles`	List	Up to five alternative articles for an ambiguous topic; otherwise empty.
Link`other_possible_articles[].link`	Text	Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)
Title`other_possible_articles[].title`	Text	Example: Mercury (planet)
Short Description`other_possible_articles[].short_description`	Text	Example: First planet from the Sun

Example result

For Topic: Eiffel Tower

JSON

{
  "summary": "The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.",
  "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower",
  "article_title": "Eiffel Tower",
  "last_edited_at": "2026-09-25T19:49:48+00:00",
  "main_image_link": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Eiffel_Tower_logo.svg/330px-Eiffel_Tower_logo.svg.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail",
  "short_description": "Tower in Paris, France",
  "other_possible_articles": []
}

Get full article

1 credit per run

Get the full text of a Wikipedia article in ordered sections, with its edit time, reference count and visible categories. Footnotes, tables and navigation material are excluded.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Topic`topic`	Text	Required	Article name or subject, for example Photosynthesis.Example: Fotosíntesis
Language`language`	Text	Optional	Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English.Example: Spanish

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Title`title`	Text	Wikipedia article title.
Sections`sections`	List	Article sections in page order. Back-matter headings have no citation-list text.
Text`sections[].text`	Text	Plain article text without references, tables or navigation.
Level`sections[].level`	Number	1 for introduction, 2 for main sections and 3 for subsections.
Heading`sections[].heading`	Text
Categories`categories`	List	Visible Wikipedia category names.
Last Edited`last_edited`	Date	Date and time of the latest edit with UTC offset.
Article Link`article_link`	Text	Article page link.
Reference Count`reference_count`	Number	Number of bibliographic reference entries.

Get key facts

1 credit per run

Get the labeled facts in order from a Wikipedia article’s information box. Articles without an information box have no facts.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Topic`topic`	Text	Required	Article name or subject, such as Apple Inc.Example: Tokyo
Language`language`	Text	Optional	Wikipedia language name or code, such as Spanish or es. Defaults to English.Example: Spanish

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Facts`facts`	List	Labeled information-box facts in article order.
Label`facts[].label`	Text	Example: Country
Value`facts[].value`	Text	Example: Japan
Article Link`article_link`	Text	Link to the article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo
Article Title`article_title`	Text	Title of the article.Example: Tokyo

Example result

For Topic: Tokyo

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"
}

Get on this day

1 credit per run

Get Wikipedia events, births, deaths, and holidays for a day of the year. Some languages do not have an On this day feed.

Uses Wikipedia and wikimedia.org.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Date`date`	Text	Optional	Month and day, such as July 20 or 07-20. Defaults to today (UTC).Example: July 20
Language`language`	Text	Optional	Wikipedia language name or code, such as English or fr. Defaults to English.Example: English
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum number of entries in each list, such as 20 (1 to 100).Example: 5

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Day`day`	Text	Month and day.Example: July 20
Births`births`	List
Year`births[].year`	Number	Year of the event, birth, or death.Example: 2001
Description`births[].description`	Text	Short plain-text description.Example: Álex Baena, Spanish footballer
Article Link`births[].article_link`	Text	Link to the main linked Wikipedia article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex_Baena
Article Title`births[].article_title`	Text	Title of the main linked Wikipedia article.Example: Álex Baena
Deaths`deaths`	List
Year`deaths[].year`	Number	Year of the event, birth, or death.Example: 2025
Description`deaths[].description`	Text	Short plain-text description.Example: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (born 1970)
Article Link`deaths[].article_link`	Text	Link to the main linked Wikipedia article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm-Jamal_Warner
Article Title`deaths[].article_title`	Text	Title of the main linked Wikipedia article.Example: Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Events`events`	List
Year`events[].year`	Number	Year of the event, birth, or death.Example: 2021
Description`events[].description`	Text	Short plain-text description.Example: American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16…
Article Link`events[].article_link`	Text	Link to the main linked Wikipedia article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos
Article Title`events[].article_title`	Text	Title of the main linked Wikipedia article.Example: Jeff Bezos
Holidays`holidays`	List
Link`holidays[].link`	Text	Link to the main Wikipedia article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_Norway
Name`holidays[].name`	Text	Name of the holiday or observance.Example: Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)
Description`holidays[].description`	Text	Short plain-text description.Example: Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)

Example result

For Date: July 20, Language: English, Max Results: 5

JSON

{
  "day": "July 20",
  "births": [
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "description": "Álex Baena, Spanish footballer",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex_Baena",
      "article_title": "Álex Baena"
    },
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "description": "Pop Smoke, American rapper and singer (died 2020)",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Smoke",
      "article_title": "Pop Smoke"
    }
  ],
  "deaths": [
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "description": "Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (born 1970)",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm-Jamal_Warner",
      "article_title": "Malcolm-Jamal Warner"
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "description": "Jerry Miller, American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist (born 1943)",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Miller",
      "article_title": "Jerry Miller"
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "description": "American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos",
      "article_title": "Jeff Bezos"
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "description": "Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-13",
      "article_title": "Soyuz MS-13"
    }
  ],
  "holidays": [
    {
      "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_Norway",
      "name": "Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)",
      "description": "Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)"
    },
    {
      "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansegisus",
      "name": "Christian feast day: Ansegisus",
      "description": "Christian feast day: Ansegisus"
    }
  ]
}

Get page views

1 credit per run

Get human-reader view counts for a Wikipedia article by day or month, with totals and peak period. Available statistics begin July 2015; months with partial date ranges cover only the requested dates.

Uses Wikipedia and wikimedia.org.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Topic`topic`	Text	Required	The Wikipedia article name, such as Taylor Swift.Example: Taylor Swift
End Date`end_date`	Date	Optional	Last date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-31. Defaults to yesterday.Example: 2026-09-04
Group by`group_by`	Text	Optional	Group views by day or month, such as month. Defaults to day.Example: Month
Language`language`	Text	Optional	Wikipedia language name or code, such as French or fr. Defaults to English.Example: French
Start Date`start_date`	Date	Optional	First date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-01. Defaults to 29 days before the end date.Example: 2026-08-10

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Peak`peak`	Details	Highest-view day or month in the selected period, or null if no counts are available.
Date`peak.date`	Date	Day, or first day of month.Example: 2026-09-25
Views`peak.views`	Number	Human-reader views.Example: 37056
Views`views`	List	Chronological daily or monthly reader views; monthly dates are the first of each month.
Date`views[].date`	Date	Example: 2026-08-29
Views`views[].views`	Number	Example: 11794
End Date`end_date`	Date	Last day counted.Example: 2026-09-27
Start Date`start_date`	Date	First day counted.Example: 2026-08-29
Total Views`total_views`	Number	Human-reader views during the period.Example: 503913
Article Link`article_link`	Text	Link to the article.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift
Article Title`article_title`	Text	Wikipedia article title.Example: Taylor Swift
Average Views Per Day`average_views_per_day`	Number	Total views divided by calendar days in the period.Example: 16797.1

Example result

For Topic: Taylor Swift

JSON

{
  "peak": {
    "date": "2026-09-25",
    "views": 37056
  },
  "views": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-29",
      "views": 11794
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-30",
      "views": 11936
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-31",
      "views": 11809
    }
  ],
  "end_date": "2026-09-27",
  "start_date": "2026-08-29",
  "total_views": 503913,
  "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift",
  "article_title": "Taylor Swift",
  "average_views_per_day": 16797.1
}

Search articles

1 credit per run

Find Wikipedia articles matching search words, with descriptions, matching snippets, word counts, edit dates and links. Results are in Wikipedia relevance order; descriptions may be missing.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Page`page`	Number	Optional	Page of ranked results to return, for example, 2.Example: 2
Query`query`	Text	Required	Words to search for, for example, history of electric cars.Example: history of electric cars
Language`language`	Text	Optional	Wikipedia language name or code, for example, French or fr.Example: French
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Number of articles per page, for example, 10.Example: 2

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Articles`articles`	List	Wikipedia articles in relevance order.
Title`articles[].title`	Text	Example: History of the electric vehicle
Page ID`articles[].page_id`	Number	Example: 951197
Snippet`articles[].snippet`	Text	Example: passenger car segment, consisting of plug-in hybrids, all-electric cars and…
Word Count`articles[].word_count`	Number	Example: 15524
Description`articles[].description`	Text	Example: Car propelled by an electric motor using energy stored in batteries
Article Link`articles[].article_link`	Text	Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle
Last Edited Date`articles[].last_edited_date`	Date	Example: 2026-09-23
Total Hit Count`total_hit_count`	Number	Example: 30263

Example result

For Query: history of electric cars

JSON

{
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "History of the electric vehicle",
      "page_id": 951197,
      "snippet": "passenger car segment, consisting of plug-in hybrids, all-electric cars and conventional hybrids, for the first time ever surpassed combined sales of cars with",
      "word_count": 15524,
      "description": null,
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle",
      "last_edited_date": "2026-09-23"
    },
    {
      "title": "Electric car",
      "page_id": 16105186,
      "snippet": "Modern all-electric cars An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is an automobile that uses electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion. The",
      "word_count": 14509,
      "description": "Car propelled by an electric motor using energy stored in batteries",
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car",
      "last_edited_date": "2026-09-28"
    },
    {
      "title": "Electric car use by country",
      "page_id": 26909778,
      "snippet": "environmental sensitivity.However, by 2025, electric cars represented about 5% of the global car stock. Electric car sales exceeded 20 million in 2025, up 20%",
      "word_count": 37780,
      "description": null,
      "article_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car_use_by_country",
      "last_edited_date": "2026-09-18"
    }
  ],
  "total_hit_count": 30263
}

For developers

Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.

cURL

# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@wikipedia",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_article_summary",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "topic": "Eiffel Tower"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Find article summaries and links for research briefs.
Compare labeled facts from article information boxes.
Find relevant articles and review matching snippets.
Track daily or monthly reader views for an article.
Build date-based lists of historical events, births, and holidays.

Questions

Is Fous affiliated with Wikipedia?

No. Fous is not affiliated with Wikipedia. This workflow reads the public wikipedia.org website and returns its data.

How much does it cost?

Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a Wikipedia account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from wikipedia.org when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 28, 2026.