Getting content using wikipedia API

Question

How can I get the entire first section/paragraph of a Wikipedia article including the first image with a single request?

What I've tried so far (the following url) returns only a snippet:

Probably it's written in the docs: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php — hakre, Jun 18 '11 at 23:14

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '11 at 14:45

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If you're wanting the wikitext, use prop=revisions with rvsection=0. If you're wanting HTML, you can add rvparse=1 to that query or you can use action=parse.

answered Jun 24 '11 at 14:45

Anomie

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '11 at 23:35

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How can I get the entire first section/paragraph of a Wikipedia article including the first image with a single request?

It's not possible to do that in one request.

answered Jun 18 '11 at 23:35

hakre

ok, can you please suggest a way to do it even without a single request? sample code maybe? – Chad Jun 18 '11 at 23:36

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