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# Wikipedia Reader

> Parameters and methods of WikipediaReader, which reads Wikipedia article summaries into documents.

WikipediaReader reads Wikipedia article summaries.

## Parameters

<Snippet file="wikipedia-reader-reference.mdx" />

## Methods

### `read()`

Reads the summary of a Wikipedia topic and returns a list of documents.

| Parameter | Type  | Default  | Description                   |
| --------- | ----- | -------- | ----------------------------- |
| `topic`   | `str` | Required | Topic to look up on Wikipedia |

### `async_read()`

Async variant of `read()`. Accepts the same parameters.