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===Sample API queries to the Wikipedia API=== ; Help page for the query module for the Wikipedia API: <code>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query</code> ; General site information, and username + edit summary for most recent Main Page revision: <code>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|comment&continue=</code> ; Timestamp, username, edit summary for the last 5 revisions on the Main Page: <code>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment</code> ; Most rencent 50 contributors to the Organic chemistry page: <code>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=contributors&format=json&pclimit=50&titles=Organic chemistry</code> ; Articles about stuff located near UW campus (47.6553Β° N, 122.3035Β° W) <code>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates|pageimages|pageterms&colimit=50&piprop=thumbnail&pithumbsize=144&pilimit=50&wbptterms=description&generator=geosearch&ggscoord=47.6553|-122.3035&ggsradius=10000&ggslimit=50</code> [[Category:Shared Pages]]
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