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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exsentences=1&titles=Steve_Jobs
perhaps

On 22 January 2015 at 21:12, practikalmind <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> *Is there a way to get the first sentence of the first paragraph of the wiki 
> page?*
>
>
>
> *For example,* *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs> I would need the below*
>
>
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> *Steven Paul* "*Steve*" *Jobs* (/ 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English>ˈ 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>dʒ 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>ɒ 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>b 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>z 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key>/ 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English>; February 24, 1955 – 
> October 5, 2011)[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#cite_note-3>[4] 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#cite_note-4> was an American 
> entrepreneur <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur>,[5] 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#cite_note-5> marketer 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing>,[6] 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#cite_note-6> and inventor,[7] 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs#cite_note-Patents_registry_database_1-7>
>  who was the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.>’
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>
>
> Thanks
>
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