node-wikifetch

node-wikifetch

A small utility that helps make wikipedia api requests easily.

• Node.js > 6.9
• No external dependencies

How to install

npm install node-wikifetch --save

How to use

const wikifetch = require('node-wikifetch');
 
// Using sring query
wikifetch('action=query&format=json&prop=extracts&exintro=1&redirects=1&titles=nodejs', (err, data) => {
    if (err) {
        // handle an error here 
    }
    console.log(data);
});

// Using object query
wikifetch({
    action: 'query',
    format: 'json',
    prop: 'extract',
    exintro: '1',
    redirects: '1',
    titles: 'nodejs'
}, (err, data) => {
    if (err) {
        // handle an error here 
    }
    console.log(data);
});

Wikifetch api

wikifetch(query, callback)

• query <String | Object>
• cb <Function>

A query is either a string or an object that would be translated to a string for mediawiki api. A callback is a function with an error as the first argument and the data received from wikipedia as the second.

Example

To execute an example and to see a sample output type

node example.js

Links

• Mediawiki API
• API Sandbox