WikipediaSearch[keywords]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose titles include the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch["Title"keywords,options]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose titles include the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch["Category"keywords,options]
returns a list of Wikipedia categories whose titles include the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch["Content"keywords]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose content includes the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch[loc]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose associated coordinates are near the given location.


WikipediaSearch
WikipediaSearch[keywords]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose titles include the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch["Title"keywords,options]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose titles include the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch["Category"keywords,options]
returns a list of Wikipedia categories whose titles include the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch["Content"keywords]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose content includes the given keywords.
WikipediaSearch[loc]
returns a list of Wikipedia articles whose associated coordinates are near the given location.
Details and Options

- WikipediaSearch utilizes MediaWiki's API to find article and category pages in the English-language Wikipedia.
- In WikipediaSearch[loc], loc must be a GeoDisk with a radius between 10 and 10000 meters.
- Options supported by WikipediaSearch include:
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MaxItems 500 number of results to return
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), WikipediaSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WikipediaSearch.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "WikipediaSearch." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WikipediaSearch.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). WikipediaSearch. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WikipediaSearch.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_wikipediasearch, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WikipediaSearch}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WikipediaSearch.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_wikipediasearch, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WikipediaSearch}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WikipediaSearch.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}