GET /w/api.php → endpoint removal
Wikipedia API
Deprecated, no date
The query parameter parsoid on GET /w/api.php is deprecated without a shutdown date. Calls continuing to use this parameter will eventually fail once it is fully removed.
Calls it hits
GET /w/api.phpquery parameter parsoid
What to use instead of these calls
Send parser=parsoid instead.
In Wikipedia API's words
Deprecate the parsoid parameter to action=parse. Use parser=parsoid instead.
Facts
- API
- Wikipedia API
en.wikipedia.org - Kind
- Endpoint removal
- Announced
- December 8, 2025
- Takes effect
- No date given yet
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Wikipedia API's own pages
Questions
When does this change take effect?
Wikipedia API deprecated GET /w/api.php, query parameter parsoid without giving a shutdown date yet.
Do these calls still work?
Yes, they still work: Wikipedia API has not given a shutdown date yet.
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