random-word-wikipedia

Get a random word (article title) from Wikipedia's random page.

• 🪶 Zero runtime dependencies — uses the platform fetch, nothing else
• 📦 ESM + CommonJS with bundled TypeScript types, for Node.js >= 22
• 🌍 Any language — pass a Wikipedia language code (en, ja, …)

Install

npm install random-word-wikipedia

Usage

import randomWordWikipedia from "random-word-wikipedia";

await randomWordWikipedia();
//=> ['Saxifraga spathularis']

await randomWordWikipedia("ja", 2);
//=> ['ジョン・イサーク・ブリケ', '月は闇夜に隠るが如く']

CommonJS (note the .default):

const randomWordWikipedia = require("random-word-wikipedia").default;

randomWordWikipedia().then(console.log);

API

randomWordWikipedia(lang?, n?)

Returns Promise<string[]> — an array of random article titles.

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | ------ | -------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------- | | lang | string | "en" | Wikipedia language code (e.g. en, ja). | | n | number | 1 | How many words to return. Must be 1–10. |

Throws a TypeError if lang is not a string or n is outside 1–10.

CLI

npm install --global random-word-wikipedia

$ random-word-wikipedia
Mapania caudata

$ random-word-wikipedia ja -n 3
バダインジャラン砂漠
内野 (印西市)
PAC-MAN 256

$ random-word-wikipedia --help

  Usage
    $ random-word-wikipedia [lang=en]

  Options
    -n  Number of words, 10 or less [Default: 1]

  Examples
    $ random-word-wikipedia
    $ random-word-wikipedia ja -n 3

License

MIT © elzup