# Wikipedia API

> Wikipedia returns article summaries, facts, search results, full text, historical events, and page views as a workflow and API.

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.

- Page: https://fous.com/workflows/wikipedia
- Handle: `@wikipedia`
- Category: [Education](https://fous.com/workflows/category/education)
- Source website: https://wikipedia.org
- Last verified: Sep 28, 2026
- Fous is not affiliated with Wikipedia.

## Methods

### Get article summary

Operation `get_article_summary`, version 1. 1 credit per call.

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.

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `topic` | string | yes | `"Eiffel Tower"` | The topic or name to look up, for example Eiffel Tower or Taylor Swift. |
| `language` | string | no | `"Spanish"` | Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English. |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The topic or name to look up, for example Eiffel Tower or Taylor Swift.",
      "examples": [
        "Eiffel Tower",
        "Taylor Swift",
        "Mercury"
      ]
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English.",
      "examples": [
        "Spanish"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "topic": "Eiffel Tower"
    },
    {
      "topic": "Taylor Swift",
      "language": "Spanish"
    },
    {
      "topic": "Mercury"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `summary` | string or null | `"The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffe` | The opening paragraph as plain text, when available. |
| `article_link` | string | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower"` | Link to the selected Wikipedia article. |
| `article_title` | string | `"Eiffel Tower"` | Title of the selected article. |
| `last_edited_at` | string or null | `"2026-09-25T19:49:48+00:00"` | When the article was last edited, as an ISO 8601 date-time with offset. |
| `main_image_link` | string or null | `"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Eiffel_Tower_logo.svg/330px-Eiffel_Tower_logo.svg.png?utm_source=en` | Link to the main article image, when available. |
| `short_description` | string or null | `"Tower in Paris, France"` | Short description of the article, when available. |
| `other_possible_articles` | array |  | Up to five alternative articles for an ambiguous topic; otherwise empty. |
| `other_possible_articles[].link` | string | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)"` |  |
| `other_possible_articles[].title` | string | `"Mercury (planet)"` |  |
| `other_possible_articles[].short_description` | string or null | `"First planet from the Sun"` |  |

**Example input**

```json
{
  "topic": "Eiffel Tower"
}
```

**Example output**

```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

Operation `get_full_article`, version 1. 1 credit per call.

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.

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `topic` | string | yes | `"Fotosíntesis"` | Article name or subject, for example Photosynthesis. |
| `language` | string | no | `"Spanish"` | Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English. |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Article name or subject, for example Photosynthesis.",
      "examples": [
        "Fotosíntesis",
        "Photosynthesis",
        "Mars"
      ]
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, for example Spanish or es. Defaults to English.",
      "examples": [
        "Spanish",
        "en"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "topic": "Fotosíntesis",
      "language": "Spanish"
    },
    {
      "topic": "Photosynthesis"
    },
    {
      "topic": "Mars",
      "language": "en"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `title` | string |  | Wikipedia article title. |
| `sections` | array |  | Article sections in page order. Back-matter headings have no citation-list text. |
| `sections[].text` | string |  | Plain article text without references, tables or navigation. |
| `sections[].level` | integer |  | 1 for introduction, 2 for main sections and 3 for subsections. |
| `sections[].heading` | string |  |  |
| `categories` | array |  | Visible Wikipedia category names. |
| `last_edited` | string |  | Date and time of the latest edit with UTC offset. |
| `article_link` | string |  | Article page link. |
| `reference_count` | integer |  | Number of bibliographic reference entries. |

### Get key facts

Operation `get_key_facts`, version 1. 1 credit per call.

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

**Input**

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

**Input schema**

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

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `facts` | array |  | Labeled information-box facts in article order. |
| `facts[].label` | string | `"Country"` |  |
| `facts[].value` | string | `"Japan"` |  |
| `article_link` | string | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo"` | Link to the article. |
| `article_title` | string | `"Tokyo"` | Title of the article. |

**Example input**

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

**Example 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"
}
```

### Get on this day

Operation `get_on_this_day`, version 1. 1 credit per call.

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

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `date` | string | no | `"July 20"` | Month and day, such as July 20 or 07-20. Defaults to today (UTC). |
| `language` | string | no | `"English"` | Wikipedia language name or code, such as English or fr. Defaults to English. |
| `max_results` | integer | no | `5` | Maximum number of entries in each list, such as 20 (1 to 100). |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Month and day, such as July 20 or 07-20. Defaults to today (UTC).",
      "examples": [
        "July 20",
        "February 29"
      ]
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, such as English or fr. Defaults to English.",
      "examples": [
        "English",
        "French"
      ]
    },
    "max_results": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20,
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum number of entries in each list, such as 20 (1 to 100).",
      "x-fous-developer": true,
      "examples": [
        5,
        3
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "date": "July 20",
      "language": "English",
      "max_results": 5
    },
    {
      "date": "February 29",
      "language": "French",
      "max_results": 3
    },
    {}
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `day` | string | `"July 20"` | Month and day. |
| `births` | array |  |  |
| `births[].year` | integer | `2001` | Year of the event, birth, or death. |
| `births[].description` | string | `"Álex Baena, Spanish footballer"` | Short plain-text description. |
| `births[].article_link` | string or null | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lex_Baena"` | Link to the main linked Wikipedia article. |
| `births[].article_title` | string or null | `"Álex Baena"` | Title of the main linked Wikipedia article. |
| `deaths` | array |  |  |
| `deaths[].year` | integer | `2025` | Year of the event, birth, or death. |
| `deaths[].description` | string | `"Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor (born 1970)"` | Short plain-text description. |
| `deaths[].article_link` | string or null | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm-Jamal_Warner"` | Link to the main linked Wikipedia article. |
| `deaths[].article_title` | string or null | `"Malcolm-Jamal Warner"` | Title of the main linked Wikipedia article. |
| `events` | array |  |  |
| `events[].year` | integer | `2021` | Year of the event, birth, or death. |
| `events[].description` | string | `"American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blu` | Short plain-text description. |
| `events[].article_link` | string or null | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos"` | Link to the main linked Wikipedia article. |
| `events[].article_title` | string or null | `"Jeff Bezos"` | Title of the main linked Wikipedia article. |
| `holidays` | array |  |  |
| `holidays[].link` | string or null | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_Norway"` | Link to the main Wikipedia article. |
| `holidays[].name` | string | `"Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)"` | Name of the holiday or observance. |
| `holidays[].description` | string | `"Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway)"` | Short plain-text description. |

**Example input**

```json
{
  "date": "July 20",
  "language": "English",
  "max_results": 5
}
```

**Example output**

```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

Operation `get_page_views`, version 1. 1 credit per call.

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.

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `topic` | string | yes | `"Taylor Swift"` | The Wikipedia article name, such as Taylor Swift. |
| `end_date` | string | no | `"2026-09-04"` | Last date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-31. Defaults to yesterday. |
| `group_by` | string | no | `"month"` | Group views by day or month, such as month. Defaults to day. |
| `language` | string | no | `"French"` | Wikipedia language name or code, such as French or fr. Defaults to English. |
| `start_date` | string | no | `"2026-08-10"` | First date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-01. Defaults to 29 days before the end date. |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "topic"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "topic": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Wikipedia article name, such as Taylor Swift.",
      "examples": [
        "Taylor Swift",
        "Paris"
      ]
    },
    "end_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Last date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-31. Defaults to yesterday.",
      "examples": [
        "2026-09-04"
      ]
    },
    "group_by": {
      "enum": [
        "day",
        "month"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "day",
      "description": "Group views by day or month, such as month. Defaults to day.",
      "examples": [
        "month"
      ]
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, such as French or fr. Defaults to English.",
      "examples": [
        "French"
      ]
    },
    "start_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "First date to count, inclusive, such as 2026-08-01. Defaults to 29 days before the end date.",
      "examples": [
        "2026-08-10"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "topic": "Taylor Swift"
    },
    {
      "topic": "Paris",
      "end_date": "2026-09-04",
      "group_by": "month",
      "language": "French",
      "start_date": "2026-08-10"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `peak` | object or null |  | Highest-view day or month in the selected period, or null if no counts are available. |
| `peak.date` | string | `"2026-09-25"` | Day, or first day of month. |
| `peak.views` | integer | `37056` | Human-reader views. |
| `views` | array |  | Chronological daily or monthly reader views; monthly dates are the first of each month. |
| `views[].date` | string | `"2026-08-29"` |  |
| `views[].views` | integer | `11794` |  |
| `end_date` | string | `"2026-09-27"` | Last day counted. |
| `start_date` | string | `"2026-08-29"` | First day counted. |
| `total_views` | integer | `503913` | Human-reader views during the period. |
| `article_link` | string | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift"` | Link to the article. |
| `article_title` | string | `"Taylor Swift"` | Wikipedia article title. |
| `average_views_per_day` | number | `16797.1` | Total views divided by calendar days in the period. |

**Example input**

```json
{
  "topic": "Taylor Swift"
}
```

**Example output**

```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

Operation `search_articles`, version 1. 1 credit per call.

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.

**Input**

| Field | Type | Required | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `page` | integer | no | `2` | Page of ranked results to return, for example, 2. |
| `query` | string | yes | `"history of electric cars"` | Words to search for, for example, history of electric cars. |
| `language` | string | no | `"French"` | Wikipedia language name or code, for example, French or fr. |
| `max_results` | integer | no | `2` | Number of articles per page, for example, 10. |

**Input schema**

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Page of ranked results to return, for example, 2.",
      "examples": [
        2
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Words to search for, for example, history of electric cars.",
      "examples": [
        "history of electric cars",
        "voiture électrique",
        "zzzxxyyqqq1122334455"
      ]
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "English",
      "description": "Wikipedia language name or code, for example, French or fr.",
      "examples": [
        "French",
        "es"
      ]
    },
    "max_results": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Number of articles per page, for example, 10.",
      "x-fous-developer": true,
      "examples": [
        2,
        50
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "query": "history of electric cars"
    },
    {
      "page": 2,
      "query": "voiture électrique",
      "language": "French",
      "max_results": 2
    },
    {
      "query": "zzzxxyyqqq1122334455"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Output**

| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `articles` | array |  | Wikipedia articles in relevance order. |
| `articles[].title` | string | `"History of the electric vehicle"` |  |
| `articles[].page_id` | integer | `951197` |  |
| `articles[].snippet` | string | `"passenger car segment, consisting of plug-in hybrids, all-electric cars and conventional hybrids, for the first time ev` |  |
| `articles[].word_count` | integer or null | `15524` |  |
| `articles[].description` | string or null | `"Car propelled by an electric motor using energy stored in batteries"` |  |
| `articles[].article_link` | string | `"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle"` |  |
| `articles[].last_edited_date` | string or null | `"2026-09-23"` |  |
| `total_hit_count` | integer | `30263` |  |

**Example input**

```json
{
  "query": "history of electric cars"
}
```

**Example output**

```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
}
```

## Quick start

Call the API with a Fous API key (`FOUS_API_KEY`). To create one, turn on Developer mode in Fous Studio, then open Keys & connections → API keys (https://app.fous.com/keys).

```bash
# 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"
  }
}'
```

```python
# Save as fous.py and run with python3 fous.py. No packages needed.
# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
import json
import os
import urllib.error
import urllib.request

api_key = os.environ.get("FOUS_API_KEY")
if not api_key:
    raise RuntimeError("Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example")

body = json.loads("{\n  \"api\": \"@wikipedia\",\n  \"visibility\": \"public\",\n  \"operation\": \"get_article_summary\",\n  \"version\": 1,\n  \"input\": {\n    \"topic\": \"Eiffel Tower\"\n  },\n  \"response\": {\n    \"format\": \"json\"\n  }\n}")
request = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.fous.com/v1/query",
    data=json.dumps(body).encode("utf-8"),
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    method="POST",
)
try:
    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=120) as response:
        result = json.load(response)
except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
    raise RuntimeError(f"HTTP {error.code}: {error.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace')}") from error
if result.get("success") is False:
    raise RuntimeError(result.get("error", {}).get("message", "Request failed"))
print(json.dumps(result["data"]["output"], indent=2))
```

```typescript
// Save as fous.mts and run with npx tsx fous.mts.
// First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
const apiKey = process.env.FOUS_API_KEY;
if (!apiKey) throw new Error("Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example");

const response = await fetch("https://api.fous.com/v1/query", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "api": "@wikipedia",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_article_summary",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "topic": "Eiffel Tower"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}),
});
type ApiResult = { success: boolean; data?: { output: unknown }; error?: { message: string } };
const result: ApiResult = await response.json();
if (!response.ok || result.success === false) {
  throw new Error(result.error?.message ?? `HTTP ${response.status}`);
}
if (!result.data) throw new Error("Missing API response data");
console.log(result.data.output);
```

Or describe the data in plain language: send `{"api":"@wikipedia","prompt":"Describe the data you need, with every detail"}` to the same URL. Fous fills in the input, runs the method that fits and returns only the fields you asked for; `data.route.calls[].request` is the exact call it made. Routing is free; the run costs the same.

## Use cases

- 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.

## FAQ

### 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.

### What is the summary of a Wikipedia topic?

Use Get article summary with a topic and, optionally, a language.

### How many views did a Wikipedia article receive?

Use Get page views with an article topic and date range; choose daily or monthly grouping.

### What happened on a particular day?

Use Get on this day with a month and day, and optionally a language.

## Related

- [Britannica API](https://fous.com/workflows/britannica.md): Britannica returns public encyclopedia articles with introductions, quick facts, headings, update dates and images, plus search results with titles, descriptions, links and images when shown.
- [Wikidata API](https://fous.com/workflows/wikidata.md): Wikidata is a free public knowledge base returning facts and item lists about people, places, organizations, and more; values may be historical and dates incomplete.
- [Fandom API](https://fous.com/workflows/fandom.md): Fan wikis for entertainment, games and popular culture.
- [Wikimedia Commons API](https://fous.com/workflows/wikimedia-commons.md): Discover freely licensed photos and other images from Wikimedia Commons.
- [Wiktionary API](https://fous.com/workflows/wiktionary.md): A free, multilingual dictionary with word meanings and language information.
- [Wikiquote API](https://fous.com/workflows/wikiquote.md): Quotations with context and attribution from Wikiquote.
- [Google Search API](https://fous.com/workflows/google-search.md): Google Search returns public web, image, job, event, related-question, and autocomplete results in Google’s order, with answers and details when available; results may be fewer, omit information, or be empty.
- [World Health Organization API](https://fous.com/workflows/world-health-organization.md): The World Health Organization provides public health information, latest outbreak reports, country health statistics with up to 10 years of history when available, and topic fact sheets.
- [All Education workflows](https://fous.com/workflows/category/education)