Page Description API
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The Page Description API lets you access and manage short summaries of page topics on Wikimedia projects.
Documentation
Reference
Guides
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'
Access policy
See Wikimedia APIs/Access policy.
Rate limits
As of March 2026, requests are subject to the global Wikimedia API limits.
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.