wikipediaSearch

Returns a Table of Wikipedia page references matching the given search string.

Uses the Wikipedia Search API.

Syntax

wikipediaSearch(query, options?)

Parameters

• query

  The query string.

• options optional

  An object with the following properties:

  • limit optional

    The maximum number of results to return. The default is 5.

  • lang optional

    The language of the Wikipedia to search. The default is en.

Return value

A Table of Wikipedia page references.

The table contains the following columns:

• Title

  The title and URL of the page represented as a Link object.

• Description

  The description of the page as a string.

• Thumbnail

  The thumbnail of the page represented as an RemoteImage object, or an empty string if the page has no thumbnail.

Examples

wikipediaSearch("calculator")

Title	Description	Thumbnail
Calculator	Electronic device used for calculations
Mechanical calculator	Mechanical machine for arithmetic operations for absolute calculators
Calculator spelling	Method of writing text on seven-segment displays
Scientific calculator	Calculator designed to calculate problems in science, engineering, and mathematics
Pascal's calculator	Early mechanical calculator

wikipediaSearch("Earth").rows[0][0].href

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth"