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Wikipedia article summary: lead section by title

Get the lead-section summary of a Wikipedia article by title and language: a plain-text extract, the short description, the canonical URL and the time of the last edit.

The result appears here as JSON.

One free check per tool and IP address per day. Nothing is stored.

What you get

• Plain-text extract of the lead section and a short description
• Canonical URL and last-edit time

Not returned: The full article.

Use it from code or an agent

curl "https://api.ambolt.dev/v1/wikipedia-summary?title=Copenhagen&free=1"

Same tool as an MCP tool (wikipedia_summary, free at 30 requests a minute), as a pay-per-call endpoint ($0.003 a call in USDC) and as an Apify Actor. Reference · Docs

Questions

Do I need to attribute the text?

Yes. The text is CC BY-SA 4.0 from Wikipedia contributors; the canonical URL is returned for attribution.

Which languages work?

Any Wikipedia language code such as en, de or fr.

What if the title is ambiguous?

Use the exact article title; disambiguation pages return their own summary.