wikipedia.summary

Fetch a Wikipedia article summary in any of 30 supported languages. Returns title, displayTitle, lang, pageId, description, extract (plain text), extractHtml, lead image, canonical URLs, last-modified timestamp, word count, license, and an attribution string. Backed by https://<lang>.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary. Content is CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution provided.

price
$0.0010 USDC per call
method
GET/api/wikipedia/summary
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.

Overview

The summary API is a pay-per-call wikipedia endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Fetch a Wikipedia article summary in any of 30 supported languages.

There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in summary data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs wikipedia data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.

Use cases

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
titlerequiredstring
min 1 chars · max 300 chars
langstring
one of: en | es | fr | de | it | pt | ru | ja | zh | ko | ar | nl | pl | tr | sv | cs | fi | da | no | el | he | hi | th | vi | uk | id | ms | ro | hu | simple

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/wikipedia/summary?title=example&lang=en'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/wikipedia/summary?title=example&lang=en' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/wikipedia/summary?title=example&lang=en'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.wikipedia.summary({
  "title": "example",
  "lang": "en"
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.wikipedia.summary(title="example", lang="en")

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "wikipedia.summary",
    "arguments": {
      "title": "example",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  }
}
LangChain agent — langchain-twosiopython
# pip install langchain-twosio langchain-anthropic
import os
from langchain_twosio import get_twosio_tools
from langchain_anthropic import ChatAnthropic
from langgraph.prebuilt import create_react_agent

tools = get_twosio_tools(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
llm = ChatAnthropic(model="claude-haiku-4-5", temperature=0)
agent = create_react_agent(llm, tools)

# The agent will pick "twosio_wikipedia_summary" when the prompt matches.
result = agent.invoke({
    "messages": [("user", "...prompt that requires wikipedia.summary...")]
})
print(result["messages"][-1].content)
LlamaIndex agent — llama-index-tools-twosiopython
# pip install llama-index-tools-twosio llama-index-llms-anthropic
import asyncio, os
from llama_index_tools_twosio import get_twosio_tools
from llama_index.llms.anthropic import Anthropic
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent

tools = get_twosio_tools(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
llm = Anthropic(model="claude-haiku-4-5")
agent = FunctionAgent(tools=tools, llm=llm)

# The agent will pick "twosio_wikipedia_summary" when the prompt matches.
response = asyncio.run(agent.run("...prompt that requires wikipedia.summary..."))
print(response)

Response

FieldTypeDescription
okboolean
one of: true
itemsarray
totalintegerTotal matching rows upstream; null when unknown.
sourceobject
Example response datajson
{
  "ok": true,
  "items": [
    {}
  ],
  "total": 1,
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "license": "example"
  }
}

FAQ

Do I need an API key to use the summary API?
No. wikipedia.summary is x402-native — there is no signup and no API key. Your client makes the call, receives a 402 with payment requirements, signs a USDC payment, and retries. Funds come from a wallet you control.
How much does the summary API cost?
$0.0010 USDC per call, charged per request. There are no monthly fees, seats, or minimums — you pay only for the calls you make.
Can I try the summary API for free first?
Yes. Add ?trial=1 (or the header X-2s-Trial: 1) to get a free real call per endpoint per hour, so you can verify the response shape before wiring payment.
Which networks and tokens are supported?
USDC on Base (via EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization) or Solana (SPL transfer), using the open x402 payment protocol.
How do I call wikipedia.summary from an AI agent or MCP host?
Use @2sio/sdk (TypeScript), 2sio (Python), or the @2sio/mcp server for any MCP host — each handles the probe → sign → retry loop for you. See the code samples on this page.

Discovery

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