Wikimedia Commons API

Usage : commonsapi.php?image=IMAGENAME
IMAGENAME must not have an Image: prefix
Optional parameters:

&thumbwidth=XX returns a URL to a thumbnail maximal XX pixel wide
&thumbheight=YY returns a URL to a thumbnail maximal YY pixel high (requires thumbwidth)
&languages=en|de|default returns only the languages for the listed codes; separate with "|" (default: all languages)
&forcehtml deprecated, no longer needed (descriptions are now always returned as HTML)
&versions adds information about all former versions of the file
&meta adds meta information that is stored with the file (e.g., EXIF data)
&sdc adds Structured Data on Commons (captions and "depicts" statements)
&format=xml|json selects the output format (default and fallback: xml)
&callback=FUNCTION wraps JSON output as JSONP (only with &format=json)

Examples :

Sa-warthog.jpg with thumbnail, version, and meta information
Yarra_Panorama.jpg (contains geocoding, which resolves to a <location> tag)
Multiple images and one (deliberate) error, plus meta information

Note: All returned attributes and texts are entity-encoded ("'<>& are replaced with XML entities).

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