wikipedia.article.media
List all images and media files embedded in a Wikipedia article — returns file titles, type (image/video/audio), srcset URLs at multiple resolutions, and caption text. Useful for enriching responses with article visuals. No auth required. Data: Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What wikipedia.article.media does on Apibase
AI agents call wikipedia.article.media to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
title | string | Yes | Wikipedia article title (e.g. "Eiffel_Tower", "Milky_Way"). Use underscores for spaces. Returns images and media files embedded in the article. |
language | string | — | Two-letter Wikipedia language code (default "en"). Media availability varies across language editions. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why wikipedia.article.media is rated Low
Retrieves public Wikipedia media metadata without modification or execution; purely informational query with no side effects.
From the tool's definition List all images and media files embedded in a Wikipedia article — returns file titles, type, srcset URLs, caption text.
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The rule that runs wikipedia.article.media safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For wikipedia.article.media, this is the rule to start with:
wikipedia.article.media is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every wikipedia.article.media call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about wikipedia.article.media
List all images and media files embedded in a Wikipedia article — returns file titles, type (image/video/audio), srcset URLs at multiple resolutions, and caption text. Useful for enriching responses with article visuals. No auth required. Data: Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
wikipedia.article.media accepts 2 parameters: title, language. Required: title. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for wikipedia.article.media: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
wikipedia.article.media is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the wikipedia.article.media rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for wikipedia.article.media. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
wikipedia.article.media is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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