A simple Python program that fetches and displays the first paragraph of a random Wikipedia article using the Wikipedia API.

• Fetches random Wikipedia articles
• Displays the article title and first paragraph
• Provides a link to read the full article
• Interactive mode - fetch multiple articles in one session
• Clean, formatted output
• Error handling for network issues

• Python 3.6+
• requests library

1. Install the required package:

pip install requests

Run the program:

python main.py

The program will:

1. Fetch a random Wikipedia article
2. Display the title and first paragraph
3. Show a link to the full article
4. Ask if you want to fetch another random article

🌐 Fetching a random Wikipedia article...

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📖 RANDOM WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE
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🔖 Title: Python (programming language)

📝 First Paragraph:
Python is a high-level, interpreted, general-purpose programming language...

🔗 Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)
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Would you like another random article? (y/n):

The program uses the Wikipedia REST API endpoint:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/random/summary

This endpoint returns a random article summary, which includes:

• Article title
• First paragraph (extract)
• URL to the full article
• Other metadata

Wikipedia API Documentation: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/

Feel free to fork this project and submit pull requests with improvements!

This project is open source and available for educational purposes.