Is there a Wikipedia API?

Question

On my Wikipedia user page, I run a Wikipedia script that displays my statistics (number of pages edited, number of new pages, monthly activity etc.).

I'd like to put this info on my blog.

Can anyone recommend any API's that would allow me to do something like this?

Answer 1

Wikipedia is built on MediaWiki, and here's the MediaWiki API.

Answer 2

MediaWiki's API is running on Wikipedia (docs). You can also use the Special:Export feature to dump data and parse it yourself.

More information.

Answer 3

It's actually quite simple and powerful. I built this tool to test it using jQuery: http://wikilate.com/