Wikipedia summary API
Wikipedia summary API - the plain-language summary of the best-matching Wikipedia article for a topic or query, in any language. Returns the article title, short description, summary extract, thumbnail image and canonical URL. A wikipedia / encyclopedia lookup for agents grounding answers on a topic. No match returns found:false. Data source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
494 msmedian answer time
$0.002listed price per call
$0.002price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://search.openverbs.com/v1/wikipedia
| Category | Image and media |
|---|---|
| Provider host | search.openverbs.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.002 | 494 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"lang": "en",
"q": "example"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"lang": {
"description": "Wikipedia language edition code (e.g. en, es, de, fr, zh). Defaults to en.",
"pattern": "^[a-z]{2,12}(-[a-z0-9]{2,12})?$",
"type": "string"
},
"q": {
"description": "Topic, article title or query, e.g. \"Ethereum\" or \"Ada Lovelace\".",
"maxLength": 300,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}