This is a very basic example, as Wikipedia does not require authentification. It displays the content of the Wikipedia article with the given name.

Datasource

Datasource type

REST Custom

Datasource URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php

Datasource Test URL

?action=parse&page=Vancouver&format=json

Query

Query URL

?action=parse&page=:Title&format=json

Example parameters

  • Title: Vancouver (can be any title of a Wikipedia article)

Raw result

{
    "parse":{
        "title":"Vancouver",
        "pageid":32706,
        "revid":1076947989,
        "text":{
            "*":"HTML_CONTENT"
        },
        "FURTHER_CONTENT_OMITTED": ""
    }
}
CODE

Converter

function convert(json) {
    var parsedJsonObject = JSON.parse(json);
    var wikipediaContent = parsedJsonObject.parse.text['*'];
    return [{ "wikipediaContent": wikipediaContent }];
}
JS

Template

We want to display the HTML content from Wikipedia that we can find in our JSON result. We also want to use the styles from Wikipedia.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector">
 
$result.get(0).wikipediaContent
CODE