Fetch Data From Wikipedia

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Hello everyone !
Why I am here is, to know how can I fetch data from Wikipedia

I am having an input.
User types something in it.
When the submit button is pressed, can I get the description of the inputted text from Wikipedia??

Is it possible itself ??
Thanks everyone !!!

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Hi! It’s not question to Wix, its question if you can set up Wikipedia API - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
If its possible to get data with this API, you can get this data with Corvid.

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Thanks for your answer mate !!
I have read this documentation already but some of the functions are not available in Corvid. That’s why I asked

This was the code I got after searching


            $.ajax({
                url: 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php',
                data: { action: 'query', list: 'search', srsearch: $("input[name=Wikipedia]").val(), format: 'json' },
                dataType: 'jsonp',
                success: processResult
            });
     
  function processResult(apiResult){
     for (var i = 0; i < apiResult.query.search.length; i++){
          $('#display-result').append('<p>'+apiResult.query.search[i].title+'</p>');
     }
  }
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You can’t just copypaste code which is (i guess) jquery code. You need to check https://www.wix.com/corvid/reference/wix-fetch/fetch article, understand which rest endpoints you want to consume, understand which response you expect and write Corvid code - which is javascript, but it has some differences.

I can’t provide you result of this process. If you met any issues during this process - you can ask here on forum, but don’t expect ready-to-go solution, it doesnt exist (yet).

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Thanks!
I knew it is not Corvid (Javascript)…
I just want to know if I can do it with Corvid …

Thanks for your answers !

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If anyone know any documentation or examples please post

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Finally found how to achieve → https://www.wix.com/corvid/forum/tips-tutorials-examples/fetch-data-from-wikipedia-1