# Wikihow — Wrapped API

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> Search and retrieve wikiHow articles with complete instructions, including all steps, ingredients, tips, and categories organized in a structured format. Instantly access random articles or find exactly what you need with powerful search functionality to learn how to do virtually anything.

**Category:** Education | **Website:** [wikihow.com/](https://wikihow.com/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/40a6d3bd-93ef-4049-a44f-185b9a589215/wikihow-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/40a6d3bd-93ef-4049-a44f-185b9a589215/wikihow-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy for Locus Pro. Each call burns credits from your workspace balance.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/wikihow/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY>` (an `lcr_` secret key or a scoped `lcac_` agent credential)
**Required header:** `Idempotency-Key: <fresh UUID per call>`. A retry with the same key replays the stored result without a new charge.
**Response:** the provider response after any endpoint-specific normalization. `X-Locus-Credits-Charged` carries the charge and `X-Locus-Credits-Balance` the remaining balance. Insufficient credits return `402` before the provider is called.
**Pricing:** estimated costs below are USD. Locus debits the credit equivalent at your workspace rate.

Full call contract: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/api-reference/introduction

> Using a Pay With Locus wallet key (`claw_` prefix)? Wallet routes are documented separately: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/wrapped-apis/for-agents

## Endpoints

### Get article

Retrieve structured content from a wikiHow article including step-by-step instructions organized by topic, ingredients, tips, warnings, and categories. Provide either the URL-path title (e.g. 'Cook-Pasta') or the numeric page ID. Returns the full article body parsed into topics with steps, plus auxiliary sections (ingredients for recipes, tips, warnings).

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `pageid` | string | No | The numeric page ID of the article. Optional if title is provided. |
| `title` | string | No | The article title as it appears in the URL path (e.g. 'Cook-Pasta'). Optional if pageid is provided. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/wikihow/get-article \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"pageid":"<string>","title":"<string>"}'
```

### Get random

Return a randomly selected wikiHow article's title, page ID, and URL. Each call yields a different article. Useful for discovery or sampling the wikiHow corpus.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

_No parameters required._

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/wikihow/get-random \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```

### Search

Full-text search over wikiHow articles. Returns paginated results with article title, URL, view count, and last-updated timestamp. Pagination uses an integer offset; the response includes next_offset for the subsequent page. Categories may appear alongside articles in results.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `limit` | integer | No | Maximum number of results to return. |
| `offset` | integer | No | Offset for pagination (number of results to skip). |
| `query` | string | Yes | The search term. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/wikihow/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit":"<integer>","offset":"<integer>","query":"<string>"}'
```

## Next steps

- [All wrapped API providers](https://paywithlocus.com/wapi/index.md): pick another provider.
- [Find and call tools](https://paywithlocus.com/agent/tools.md): price ceilings, async results, and errors.
- [Credits and billing](https://paywithlocus.com/agent/billing.md): what a call costs and how to add credits.
- [Agent docs index](https://paywithlocus.com/agent/index.md): every Locus agent page.