image

image schema from Wikimedia Enterprise API spec

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
content_url	string	Image URL
identifier	string	Unique identifier for the image
name	string	Filename of the image
width	integer	image width in pixels
height	integer	image height in pixels
thumbnail	object
caption	string	caption describing the image
alternative_text	string	Alternative text description of the image for accessibility
encoding_format	string	MIME type or encoding format of the image, constructed from the url
media_type	string	Mediawiki media type of the image

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikipedia/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wikimedia-enterprise-image-schema.json",
  "title": "image",
  "description": "image schema from Wikimedia Enterprise API spec",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "content_url": {
      "description": "Image URL",
      "format": "uri",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/40px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png"
    },
    "identifier": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the image",
      "example": "6c71e85942c77b40266b6d6150405719897682f4b56989100f7c5de97fa631d0"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Filename of the image",
      "example": "./File:Flag_of_Italy.svg"
    },
    "width": {
      "description": "image width in pixels",
      "type": "integer",
      "example": 156
    },
    "height": {
      "description": "image height in pixels",
      "type": "integer",
      "example": 255
    },
    "thumbnail": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/thumbnail"
    },
    "caption": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "caption describing the image",
      "example": "Flag of Italy"
    },
    "alternative_text": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Alternative text description of the image for accessibility",
      "example": "a flag divided in three vertical sections colored green, white, and red from left to right"
    },
    "encoding_format": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "mime_type",
      "description": "MIME type or encoding format of the image, constructed from the url",
      "example": "image/png"
    },
    "media_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": "unknown, bitmap, drawing, audio, video, multimedia, office, text, executable, archive",
      "description": "Mediawiki media type of the image",
      "example": "drawing"
    }
  }
}