# Rotary Agency Wikimedia Commons API

> Rotary Agency Wikimedia Commons API is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status down (last checked 2026-10-13).

Proxies free-source Wikimedia Commons data, returning structured JSON for media files, metadata, and related information from the Commons repository

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/wikimedia-commons?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-wikimedia-commons-api-5d695e38
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9QIGWpz5m-6uHBa8FollH

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability rotary-agency-wikimedia-commons-api-5d695e38
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the metadata and image URL for the Wikimedia Commons file 'File:Eiffel Tower from the Champ de Mars.jpg' so I can use it with proper attribution?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, pay-per-call access to Wikimedia Commons metadata and media files without setting up your own Wikimedia API credentials. It suits agents that need occasional lookups at low cost ($0.002/call) with no proxy overhead and a simple x402 micropayment flow, making it ideal for content pipelines that source openly licensed media.

## Known failure modes

- File or title not found on Wikimedia Commons — returns error or empty result
- Invalid or malformed query parameter — may return 400 or empty JSON
- Wikimedia Commons upstream rate limiting or downtime — may cause timeouts or 5xx errors
- Payment not processed correctly via x402 — request blocked before reaching Commons
- Ambiguous file name returns unexpected or incorrect media item

## How this service works

Free-source data APIs (100% margin, no proxy, $0.002/call): ...

## Output

Returns endpoint-specific structured JSON containing Wikimedia Commons data such as file metadata, media URLs, descriptions, authors, license information, and related Commons entities depending on the query parameters supplied.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "varies": "endpoint-specific structured JSON"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-wikimedia-commons-api-5d695e38/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from rotaryagency.uk](https://www.zero.xyz/host/rotaryagency.uk/llms.txt)