diff --git a/PortableInfobox.setup.php b/PortableInfobox.setup.php
index e37b187..1c70812 100644
--- a/PortableInfobox.setup.php
+++ b/PortableInfobox.setup.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ $wgAutoloadClasses[ 'Wikia\PortableInfobox\Helpers\SimpleXmlUtil' ] = $dir . 'se
 
 // controller classes
 $wgAutoloadClasses[ 'PortableInfoboxParserTagController' ] = $dir . 'controllers/PortableInfoboxParserTagController.class.php';
+$wgAutoloadClasses[ 'ApiPortableInfobox' ] = $dir . 'controllers/ApiPortableInfobox.class.php';
 $wgAutoloadClasses[ 'PortableInfoboxHooks' ] = $dir . 'PortableInfoboxHooks.class.php';
 
 // hooks
@@ -54,3 +55,6 @@ $wgHooks['ParserAfterTidy'][] = 'PortableInfoboxParserTagController::replaceInfo
 
 // i18n mapping
 $wgExtensionMessagesFiles[ 'PortableInfobox' ] = $dir . 'PortableInfobox.i18n.php';
+
+// MW API
+$wgAPIModules['infobox'] = 'ApiPortableInfobox';
diff --git a/controllers/ApiPortableInfobox.class.php b/controllers/ApiPortableInfobox.class.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..614e94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/ApiPortableInfobox.class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+
+class ApiPortableInfobox extends ApiBase {
+
+	public function __construct( $main, $action ) {
+		parent:: __construct( $main, $action );
+	}
+
+	public function execute() {
+		$text = $this->getParameter( "text" );
+		$title = $this->getParameter( "title" );
+		$arguments = $this->getFrameArguments();
+		if ( $arguments === null ) {
+			$this->getResult()->setWarning( "Arguments json format incorect or empty" );
+		}
+		$parser = new Parser();
+		$parser->startExternalParse( Title::newFromText( $title ), new ParserOptions(), 'text', true );
+		$frame = $parser->getPreprocessor()->newCustomFrame( $arguments );
+
+		try {
+			$output = PortableInfoboxParserTagController::getInstance()->render( $text, $parser, $frame );
+			$this->getResult()->addValue( null, $this->getModuleName(), [ 'text' => [ '*' => $output ] ] );
+		} catch ( \Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\Nodes\UnimplementedNodeException $e ) {
+			$this->dieUsage( wfMessage( 'unimplemented-infobox-tag', [ $e->getMessage() ] )->escaped(), "notimplemented" );
+		} catch ( \Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\XmlMarkupParseErrorException $e ) {
+			$this->dieUsage( wfMessage( 'xml-parse-error' )->text(), "badxml" );
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function getAllowedParams() {
+		return array(
+			'text' => array(
+				ApiBase :: PARAM_TYPE => 'string'
+			),
+			'title' => array(
+				ApiBase :: PARAM_TYPE => 'string'
+			),
+			'args' => array(
+				ApiBase :: PARAM_TYPE => 'string'
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function getParamDescription() {
+		return array(
+			'text' => 'Infobox to parse (xml string)',
+			'title' => 'Title of page the text belongs to',
+			'args' => 'Variable list to use during parse (json format)',
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function getDescription() {
+		return array( 'This module provides infobox parser' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Examples
+	 */
+	public function getExamples() {
+		return array(
+			'api.php?action=infobox',
+			'api.php?action=infobox&text=<infobox><data><default>{{PAGENAME}}</default></data></infobox>&title=Test',
+			'api.php?action=infobox&text=<infobox><data source="test" /></infobox>&args={"test": "test value"}',
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function getVersion() {
+		return __CLASS__ . '$Id$';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	protected function getFrameArguments() {
+		$arguments = $this->getParameter( "args" );
+		return isset( $arguments ) ? json_decode( $arguments, true ) : false;
+	}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controllers/PortableInfoboxParserTagController.class.php b/controllers/PortableInfoboxParserTagController.class.php
index b7f5d9b..324e761 100644
--- a/controllers/PortableInfoboxParserTagController.class.php
+++ b/controllers/PortableInfoboxParserTagController.class.php
@@ -42,6 +42,30 @@ class PortableInfoboxParserTagController extends WikiaController {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param $markup
+	 * @param Parser $parser
+	 * @param PPFrame $frame
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws UnimplementedNodeException when node used in markup does not exists
+	 * @throws XmlMarkupParseErrorException xml not well formatted
+	 */
+	public function render( $markup, Parser $parser, PPFrame $frame, $params = null ) {
+		$infoboxParser = new Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\XmlParser( $this->getFrameParams( $frame ) );
+		$infoboxParser->setExternalParser( new Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\MediaWikiParserService( $parser, $frame ) );
+
+		//get params if not overridden
+		if ( !isset( $params ) ) {
+			$params = $infoboxParser->getInfoboxParams( $markup );
+		}
+		$data = $infoboxParser->getDataFromXmlString( $markup );
+		//save for later api usage
+		$this->saveToParserOutput( $parser->getOutput(), $data );
+
+		$theme = $this->getThemeWithDefault( $params, $frame );
+		return ( new PortableInfoboxRenderService() )->renderInfobox( $data, $theme );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @desc Renders Infobox
 	 *
@@ -56,23 +80,14 @@ class PortableInfoboxParserTagController extends WikiaController {
 		$this->markerNumber++;
 		$markup = '<' . self::PARSER_TAG_NAME . '>' . $text . '</' . self::PARSER_TAG_NAME . '>';
 
-		$infoboxParser = new Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\XmlParser( $frame->getNamedArguments() );
-		$infoboxParser->setExternalParser( ( new Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\MediaWikiParserService( $parser, $frame ) ) );
-
 		try {
-			$data = $infoboxParser->getDataFromXmlString( $markup );
+			$renderedValue = $this->render( $markup, $parser, $frame, $params );
 		} catch ( \Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\Nodes\UnimplementedNodeException $e ) {
 			return $this->handleError( wfMessage( 'unimplemented-infobox-tag', [ $e->getMessage() ] )->escaped() );
 		} catch ( \Wikia\PortableInfobox\Parser\XmlMarkupParseErrorException $e ) {
 			return $this->handleError( wfMessage( 'xml-parse-error' ) );
 		}
 
-		//save for later api usage
-		$this->saveToParserOutput( $parser->getOutput(), $data );
-
-		$renderer = new PortableInfoboxRenderService();
-		$theme = $this->getThemeWithDefault( $params, $frame );
-		$renderedValue = $renderer->renderInfobox( $data, $theme );
 		if ( $wgArticleAsJson ) {
 			// (wgArticleAsJson == true) it means that we need to encode output for use inside JSON
 			$renderedValue = trim( json_encode( $renderedValue ), '"' );
@@ -113,4 +128,19 @@ class PortableInfoboxParserTagController extends WikiaController {
 			( isset( $params[ 'theme' ] ) ? $params[ 'theme' ] : self::DEFAULT_THEME_NAME );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Function ensures that arrays are used for merging
+	 * @param PPFrame $frame
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getFrameParams( PPFrame $frame ) {
+		//we use both getNamedArguments and getArguments to ensure we acquire variables no matter what frame is used
+		$namedArgs = $frame->getNamedArguments();
+		$namedArgs = isset( $namedArgs ) ? ( is_array( $namedArgs ) ? $namedArgs : [ $namedArgs ] ) : [ ];
+		$args = $frame->getArguments();
+		$args = isset( $args ) ? ( is_array( $args ) ? $args : [ $args ] ) : [ ];
+
+		return array_merge( $namedArgs, $args );
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/services/Parser/XmlParser.php b/services/Parser/XmlParser.php
index 28a49d9..1b6be05 100644
--- a/services/Parser/XmlParser.php
+++ b/services/Parser/XmlParser.php
@@ -55,25 +55,22 @@ class XmlParser {
 	public function getDataFromXmlString( $xmlString ) {
 		wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
 
-		$global_libxml_setting = libxml_use_internal_errors();
-		libxml_use_internal_errors( true );
-		$xml = simplexml_load_string( $xmlString );
-		$errors = libxml_get_errors();
-		libxml_use_internal_errors( $global_libxml_setting );
-
-		if ( $xml === false ) {
-			foreach ( $errors as $xmlerror ) {
-				$this->logXmlParseError( $xmlerror->level, $xmlerror->code, trim( $xmlerror->message ) );
-			}
-			libxml_clear_errors();
-			throw new XmlMarkupParseErrorException();
-		}
+		$xml = $this->parseXmlString( $xmlString );
 		$data = $this->getDataFromNodes( $xml );
 
 		wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
 		return $data;
 	}
 
+	public function getInfoboxParams( $xmlString ) {
+		$xml = $this->parseXmlString( $xmlString );
+		$result = [];
+		foreach ( $xml->attributes() as $k => $v ) {
+			$result[$k] = (string) $v;
+		}
+		return $result;
+	}
+
 	protected function logXmlParseError( $level, $code, $message ) {
 		\Wikia\Logger\WikiaLogger::instance()->info( "PortableInfobox XML Parser problem", [
 			"level" => $level,
@@ -106,6 +103,28 @@ class XmlParser {
 		return new Nodes\NodeUnimplemented( $xmlNode, $this->infoboxData );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param $xmlString
+	 * @return \SimpleXMLElement
+	 * @throws XmlMarkupParseErrorException
+	 */
+	protected function parseXmlString( $xmlString ) {
+		$global_libxml_setting = libxml_use_internal_errors();
+		libxml_use_internal_errors( true );
+		$xml = simplexml_load_string( $xmlString );
+		$errors = libxml_get_errors();
+		libxml_use_internal_errors( $global_libxml_setting );
+
+		if ( $xml === false ) {
+			foreach ( $errors as $xmlerror ) {
+				$this->logXmlParseError( $xmlerror->level, $xmlerror->code, trim( $xmlerror->message ) );
+			}
+			libxml_clear_errors();
+			throw new XmlMarkupParseErrorException();
+		}
+		return $xml;
+	}
+
 }
 
 class XmlMarkupParseErrorException extends \Exception {
diff --git a/tests/PortableInfoboxParserTagControllerTest.php b/tests/PortableInfoboxParserTagControllerTest.php
index 9fb8f96..dc69567 100644
--- a/tests/PortableInfoboxParserTagControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/PortableInfoboxParserTagControllerTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 class PortableInfoboxParserTagControllerTest extends WikiaBaseTest {
 
+	/** @var PortableInfoboxParserTagController */
+	protected $parser;
+	/** @var Parser */
+	protected $controller;
+
 	protected function setUp() {
 		$this->setupFile = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../PortableInfobox.setup.php';
 		parent::setUp();