Get neat content from Wiki page. (MediaWiki API)

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I want to get a content page from Wiki in this format (the picture below) then show it in WebView. It means the content includes text and links.

Einstein

I tried this but the output seems to be messy. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop=content&titles=Albert_Einstein&format=xmlfm

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '13 at 16:08

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I stumbled across this answer a year later and would like to note that the ?action=render parameter has been depreciated as of this post.

The recommended method is to use the Mediawiki API to parse the wikitext.

answered Feb 15 '13 at 16:08

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '11 at 22:57

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You want index.php?action=render; an example. This returns the HTML of the page content with no sidebar/header/footer HTML. You'll have to match and remove infoboxes yourself.

Reference: MediaWiki — Manual:Parameters to index.php.

answered Jul 31 '11 at 22:57

Kevin Reid

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Bulwersator · Answer 3 · 2011-07-31T20:05:11.437

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You can use HTML generated by mediawiki instead of wikicode.

BTW: look at this

edited Jul 31 '11 at 20:05

answered Jul 31 '11 at 19:19

Bulwersator

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I read the link and don't understand what you mean. MediaWiki doesn't generate HTML format. – emeraldhieu Jul 31 '11 at 20:18
Link is about general idea "I want to get a content page from Wiki in this format". Massive queries will result in blocked access to Wikipedia. – Bulwersator Jul 31 '11 at 20:39
@HTML - I thought about importing html from "bodyContent" div – Bulwersator Jul 31 '11 at 20:40

Get neat content from Wiki page. (MediaWiki API)

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