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Wikipedia Article Summary Fetcher
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Wikipedia Article Summary Fetcher is a paid API for AI agents from lab.paidapis.net, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Fetches a structured summary (title, source URL, and paragraphs) of any Wikipedia article by title
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Format conversion: Wikipedia's own REST API serves full rendered HTML, not JSON. This fetches an article's lead section (?title=) and returns clean, tag-free paragraph text as JSON.
Output
A JSON object containing the article title, the Wikipedia source URL, an array of summary paragraph strings, and a timestamp of when the content was converted. This gives the agent structured, ready-to-use encyclopedic text for a given topic.
Example use cases
Quick topic research for a report
“I'm writing a brief on quantum computing — can you grab the Wikipedia summary for 'Quantum computing' and give me the introductory paragraphs?”
Fact-check a historical claim
“Can you pull the Wikipedia article on 'Battle of Thermopylae' so I can check what it says about the number of Spartan soldiers?”
Populate an agent knowledge base
“Fetch me the Wikipedia summary for 'Large language model' — I want the title, source link, and all the paragraphs so I can store them as context.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://lab.paidapis.net/api/wiki-summaryWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need structured, paragraph-level Wikipedia content for a known article title and want it returned as clean JSON rather than raw HTML. It is ideal for agents that need encyclopedic background information on a topic, want to cite a Wikipedia source URL, or need to ingest article text into a knowledge base. Prefer it over full web scraping when the target is always Wikipedia and you want consistent, schema-stable output at low cost ($0.01 USDC per call).
Side effects
- Article title not found on Wikipedia — returns an error or empty result
- Ambiguous title matches multiple Wikipedia pages — may return unexpected article
- Wikipedia rate-limiting or unavailability — upstream fetch fails
- Misspelled or malformed title input — no match returned
- Non-English or redirect-only titles may not resolve correctly
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| titlerequired | string | Wikipedia article title. |
Output
Schema · Response
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| title | string | |
| sourceUrl | string | |
| paragraphs | array | |
| convertedAt | string |
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