wikipedia-tldr

Grab the first paragraph of any Wikipedia page

Use it programmatically with JavaScript to fetch JSON, or use the command line interface (CLI) to look stuff up from your terminal.

Programmatic Usage

Install it:

npm install wikipedia-tldr

Use it in JavaScript:

const tldr = require('wikipedia-tldr')

tldr('somatology').then(result => {
  console.log(result)
})

The result looks like this:

{
  query: "pomology",
  type: "standard",
  title: "Pomology",
  displaytitle: "Pomology",
  thumbnail: {
    source: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Poire_Willermoz.jpg/241px-Poire_Willermoz.jpg",
    width: 241,
    height: 320
  },
  originalimage: {
    source: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Poire_Willermoz.jpg",
    width: 644,
    height: 856
  },
  lang: "en",
  description: "branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruit",
  extract: "Pomology is a branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruit. The denomination fruticulture—introduced from Romance languages —is also used.",
  extract_html: "<p><b>Pomology</b> is a branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruit. The denomination <b>fruticulture</b>—introduced from Romance languages —is also used.</p>"
}

If no result is found, null is returned.

The default language is English en, but you can specify a different language with an optional secondar argument to the function:

tldr('muñeca', 'es')

For available language codes, see the List of Wikipedias.

CLI Usage

npm i -g wikipedia-tldr && wikipedia-tldr pomology

or use npx

$ npx wikipedia-tldr zymology
npx: installed 62 in 4.301s
English

Alternative forms
zumology (dated)
Etymology
From zymo- +‎ -logy.
Noun
zymology (uncountable)
(zymurgy) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.
The science of or knowledge concerning fermentation.
Translations


References
zymology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

Tests

npm install
npm test

Dependencies

• cheerio: Tiny, fast, and elegant implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server
• got: Simplified HTTP requests

Dev Dependencies

• jest: Delightful JavaScript Testing.

License

MIT