api.php?action=parse: Parse wikitext content

API: wiktionary.org:wiktionary-api
Endpoint: /w/api.php?action=parse
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 409ms

Description

Parses content and returns structure, HTML, or wikitext. Useful for getting detailed word information including sections.

Parameters (4)

action (string, query, required, default: parse)
format (string, query, optional, default: json)
page (string, query, optional)

Page title to parse

prop (string, query, optional)

Properties to return

Constraints: {'enum': ['text', 'wikitext', 'sections', 'tocdata', 'links', 'templates']}

Examples (2)

Parse wikitext content openapi-spec
curl 'https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse%3Fpage%3Dhello&page=hello'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'parse?page=hello',
        'page': 'hello',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wiktionary")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php?action=parse", action="parse?page=hello", page="hello")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse%3Fpage%3Dhello&page=hello");
const data = await resp.json();
Parse wikitext content probe-gate
curl 'https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=hello&format=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php",
    params={
        'action': 'parse',
        'page': 'hello',
        'format': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("wiktionary")
result = api.fetch("w/api.php?action=parse", action="parse", page="hello", format="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=hello&format=json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:39:00.934465 200 409ms
2026-04-16 03:50:37.252241 200 376ms
2026-04-16 01:17:35.543725 200 295ms
2026-04-15 03:07:25.367028 200 386ms
2026-04-15 01:27:33.978847 200 276ms
2026-04-14 03:24:00.830749 200 588ms
2026-04-14 02:15:14.729333 200 269ms
2026-04-12 14:49:56.246928 200 241ms
2026-04-12 12:45:57.506753 200 406ms
2026-04-10 02:35:30.472809 200 386ms
2026-04-10 02:01:18.874024 200 508ms
2026-04-09 03:18:31.590231 200 431ms
2026-04-09 01:43:55.326486 200 326ms
2026-04-03T18:48:09.699899 200 225ms