Wikipedia
Search 50M articles across 50 Wikipedia language editions, with the full text, including the lead section and infobox.
The Panama Canal expansion project, also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new traffic lane…
What's in the dataset
Every article
All articles from 50 Wikipedia language editions.
Full text
The lead section, body and infobox.
Languages
50 editions, including English, German and French.
Linked pages
Articles about people and organizations link to their Exa pages.
Search by what matters
Search in plain language, in any of the 50 languages. Each result links to the article on Wikipedia.
Read the docs →# Same endpoint and API key as web search
curl https://api.exa.ai/search \
-H "x-api-key: $EXA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"query": "history of the Panama Canal expansion",
"type": "auto",
"contents": { "text": true }
}'What teams build with it
General-knowledge assistants
Ground answers in the full article, not a snippet.
Entity grounding
Connect people and organizations to their Wikipedia articles and Exa pages.
Multilingual answers
Search and answer in 50 languages.
Searchable alongside the general web index
Wikipedia lives in the same index as the open web. There's no separate API or integration: use the same /search endpoint and API key you already use.
Query Wikipedia on its own, or mix it with web results in a single call.
Common questions
How many Wikipedia articles does Exa have?
About 50M articles across 50 language editions.
Which languages are included?
50 Wikipedia language editions, including English, German and French.
Is the full article included?
Yes, including the lead section and infobox.
Is there a Wikipedia search API?
Yes. Wikipedia articles are searchable through the same Exa /search endpoint and API key you use for web search, so there's no separate API to set up.
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