См. Справка WikiMedia API или полная документация .
Непонятно, что вы надеетесь вернуть вам, статью или результаты поиска. В любом случае, чтобы получить результаты в формате xml, используйте format=xml.
Чтобы получить список статей, соответствующих определенному запросу, используйте действие opensearch . Например:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=MediaWiki&format=xml - Посмотреть результаты
Из раздела action=opensearch в справке API :
* action=opensearch *
Searches the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
search - Search string
limit - Maximum amount of results to return
No more than 100 (100 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
namespace - Namespaces to search
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: 0
suggest - Do nothing if $wgEnableOpenSearchSuggest is false
format - Output format defaults to JSON, with expanded XML optional.
One value: json, jsonfm, xml, xmlfm
Default: json
Example:
api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te
1025 *
*
Чтобы получить содержимое определенной статьи, используйте действие parse . Например:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=MediaWiki&format=xml - Просмотр результатов
Из раздела action=parse в справке API :
* action=parse *
Parses wikitext and returns parser output
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
title - Title of page the text belongs to
Default: API
text - Wikitext to parse
summary - Summary to parse
page - Parse the content of this page. Cannot be used together with
text and title
pageid - Parse the content of this page. Overrides page
redirects - If the page or the pageid parameter is set to a redirect, resolve it
oldid - Parse the content of this revision. Overrides page and pageid
prop - Which pieces of information to get
text - Gives the parsed text of the wikitext
langlinks - Gives the language links in the parsed wikitext
categories - Gives the categories in the parsed wikitext
categorieshtml - Gives the HTML version of the categories
languageshtml - Gives the HTML version of the language links
links - Gives the internal links in the parsed wikitext
templates - Gives the templates in the parsed wikitext
images - Gives the images in the parsed wikitext
externallinks - Gives the external links in the parsed wikitext
sections - Gives the sections in the parsed wikitext
revid - Adds the revision ID of the parsed page
displaytitle - Adds the title of the parsed wikitext
headitems - Gives items to put in the of the page
headhtml - Gives parsed of the page
iwlinks - Gives interwiki links in the parsed wikitext
wikitext - Gives the original wikitext that was parsed
Values (separate with '|'): text, langlinks, languageshtml,
categories, categorieshtml, links, templates, images,
externallinks, sections, revid, displaytitle, headitems,
headhtml, iwlinks, wikitext
Default: text|langlinks|categories|links|templates|images|
externallinks|sections|revid|displaytitle
pst - Do a pre-save transform on the input before parsing it
Ignored if page, pageid or oldid is used
onlypst - Do a pre-save transform (PST) on the input, but don't parse it
Returns the same wikitext, after a PST has been applied. Ignored if
page, pageid or oldid is used
uselang - Which language to parse the request in
section - Only retrieve the content of this section number
disablepp - Disable the PP Report from the parser output
Example:
api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}