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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:42:19+00:00

I’m using wikitools package to parse the wikipedia. I just copy this example from

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I’m using wikitools package to parse the wikipedia. I just copy this example from documentation. But its not working. When I run this code. I get following error.
Invalid JSON,trying requesting again. Can you please help me ? thanks

from wikitools import wiki
from wikitools import api
# create a Wiki object
site = wiki.Wiki("http://my.wikisite.org/w/api.php") 
# define the params for the query
params = {'action':'query', 'titles':'Papori'}
# create the request object
request = api.APIRequest(site, params)
# query the API
result = request.query()
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  1. Editorial Team

    The "http://my.wikisite.org/w/api.php" is only an example, there is no MediaWiki under that domain. Try with "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php" which searches in the English Wikipedia.

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