Ask for just the most recent revision, set rvlimit=1&format=xml

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query_-_Properties#revisions_.2F_rv

Eric W. Brown

ericb@metacafe.com

[[User:Eric94043]]

From: mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Hashmir Shamshir
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:13 PM
To: mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Mediawiki-api] How do I get a page without metadata?

Hi all,

I really like your API. I'm wondering how do I get the data in xml format of a page? I've been using wikipedia's example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php, for details, and I can see how to search for pages, get metadata, and other such nifty stuff. But really all I want is the content of a page -- how would I, say, get the English wikipedia data of the page on Albert Einstein in xml format?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query something I hope!

Thanks for your help!