How to download the wikicode of a Wikipedia page?

Question

I want to download the wikicode of this Wikipedia article with a single Web request.

Is there any better way than getting https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paris&action=edit and filtering the content of the <textarea>?

In particular, how to do this with the REST API?

Do you just want en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paris&action=raw? — NinjaBearMonkey, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 12:55
@hsl: Yes that's it, thanks for the URL! Can you please post it as an answer? — nic, Commented Jan 23, 2015 at 13:11

NinjaBearMonkey · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-23 13:59:54Z

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Passing action=raw is the best way to obtain just the wikitext of a page, although it can be done with the API. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paris&action=raw for example and the MediaWiki docs.

answered Jan 23, 2015 at 13:59

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Quidam · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-02 21:41:43Z

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You can export the wikicode in XML format.

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answered Dec 2, 2016 at 21:41

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