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Wikipedia Scraper API

Extract Wikipedia data effortlessly with our API. Access articles, summaries, and more in real-time. Perfect for developer teams needing reliable data integration. Simplify your workflow and enhance your projects with seamless Wikipedia scraping.

Key Benefits:

  • Automate data collection
  • Reduce time waiting for data
  • Boost data retrieval efficiency
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Wikipedia Knowledge Harvesting: Empower Your Insight Gathering

Unlock vital insights by harnessing ScrapingBee's powerful data extraction features. Discover three distinct pathways for optimizing your data acquisition strategy.

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Transparent Wikipedia Scraper API pricing.

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API Credits
Concurrent requests
JavaScript rendering
Rotating & Premium Proxies
Geotargeting
Screenshots, Extraction Rules, Google Search API
Priority Email Support
Dedicated Account Manager
Team Management
Freelance $49/mo
250,000
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Startup $99/mo
1,000,000
50
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Business + 599/mo
8,000,000
200
All prices are exclusive of VAT.

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How ScrapingBee works

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STEP 1

Create an account at ScrapingBee - your dashboard will provide an API key and 1,000 free credits to test the service

STEP 2

Quickly add our official Python library to your project. This makes it easy to send scraping requests without worrying about proxies or browsers.

STEP 3

Use your API key to fetch any web page. We do all the heavy lifting in the background, returning clean, ready-to-use HTML for you to parse and analyze.

STEP 4

Use our advanced features to tackle even the most complex sites. Our flexible options give you complete control over your scraping projects.

Wikipedia Scraper API - Built for Speed. Designed for Effortless Data Extraction

Streamline data extraction with features designed to enhance efficiency, enabling precise capture of essential information for strategic advancement and decision-making.

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Wikipedia AI data automation

Enhance Wikipedia data scraping by focusing AI on precise sections using CSS selectors, improving efficiency and accuracy.

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Screenshot Eextraction Simplicity

Capture precise webpage sections using the Screenshot API by targeting specific CSS selectors, aiding effective data extraction.

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Extract Wikipedia Data from Google SERPs

Extract platform-specific Google search results for Wikipedia with our specialized API. No limits. Just strategic data.

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Automate actions with js

Execute JavaScript to mimic user actions, effectively handling dynamic web pages for enhanced data capture and informed strategic planning.

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Extract Wikipedia data easily

Effortlessly capture detailed data from the platform. Achieve precise, real-time information retrieval using advanced extraction features and optimized pathways.

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Streamlined web data capture

Capture intricate web data effortlessly without writing a single line of code. This feature allows precise, efficient data extraction, transforming raw inputs into actionable insights.

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2,500+ customers all around the globe use ScrapingBee to solve their web scraping needs.

Exceptional Wikipedia Scraper API: Effective Data Solutions

Seamlessly extract uncommon data elements, maximizing Wikipedia's potential for innovative integration solutions.

Effortless API Documentation

ScrapingBee offers intuitive integration with clear, developer-friendly documentation. Its streamlined setup is crucial for businesses aiming for efficient operations and innovative data use.

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Harness ScrapingBee's API Strengths

Experience the prowess of ScrapingBee's API in Wikipedia extraction. Harness precise data collection with tailored extraction rules and seamless integration, redefining your approach to online encyclopedias.

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3.5M+
Rows Extracted
1000+
Task Automated
30K+
Hours Saved
DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE

Top-rated support & documentation

Our team is here to help you scrape Wikipedia. We're also constantly developing new features to make your scraping journey easier.

Fantastic documentation

Take a look at our documentation and get started in minutes!

Code samples

Whatever the programming language you enjoy, we have written code examples in Java, Python, Go, PHP, Curl and JavaScript.

Knowledge base

Our extensive knowledge base covers the most frequest use cases with code smples.

Exceptional support

We will quickly answer all your Wikipedia scraping questions via our live chat or emails, even the hard ones!

Unlock web scraping potential

Check out our documentation to find out more about how to ustilise our API for your scraping needs.

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Wikipedia Scraping: Questions Clarified

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia with a vast array of articles covering various topics. It is accessible at wikipedia.org. Scraping Wikipedia can provide valuable data for research, data analysis, or enhancing machine learning models due to its rich and diverse content.
A Wikipedia scraper is a tool or script that extracts data from Wikipedia's web pages. It automates the retrieval of structured data through the Wikipedia API or direct HTML parsing, useful for efficiently gathering large data sets for analysis or reference.
Reviewing Wikipedia's terms of service and adhering to robots.txt is crucial, as unauthorized scraping may violate website policies or legal guidelines. Always ensure compliance with terms and use APIs when available to avoid potential legal issues.
You can scrape structured data from Wikipedia such as text content, infoboxes, tables, and references using libraries like BeautifulSoup and Scrapy that parse HTML and CSS selectors.
Scraping Wikipedia is not inherently difficult due to its structured HTML. However, be mindful of their terms of service, rate limits, and consider using tools like ScrapingBee to efficiently manage requests and rendering when necessary.
Wikipedia may temporarily block IPs engaging in excessive scraping, so it's important to adhere to their robots.txt file and introduce delays between requests to minimize potential blocking.