node-wikipedia

Node.js wrapper for the Wikipedia API

Installation

npm install node-wikipedia

Demo

var wikipedia = require("node-wikipedia");

wikipedia.page.data("Clifford_Brown", { content: true }, function(response) {
	// structured information on the page for Clifford Brown (wikilinks, references, categories, etc.)
});

wikipedia.revisions.all("Miles_Davis", { comment: true }, function(response) {
	// info on each revision made to Miles Davis' page
});

wikipedia.categories.tree(
	"Philadelphia_Phillies",
	function(tree) {
		//nested data on the category page for all Phillies players
	}
);

Philosophy

The MediaWiki API is wonderfully permissive and horribly documented. This is a lightweight wrapper. In addition to providing a basic interface for making HTTP requests to the API, it bundles some requests so that one needn't bother with pagination and so forth.

Under the Hood

dial.js makes API requests, accepting parameters as an object, options as an object, and a callback.

License

This script is provided free and open-source under the MIT license. If you use it, you are politely encouraged to link to this repo.