Wikipedia On This Day Scraper
Pricing
from $9.00 / 1,000 result items
Scrapes historical events, births, deaths, and holidays from Wikipedia's On This Day feeds by date and language. Returns each entry as a flat row with year, description, and article links.
You can access the Wikipedia On This Day Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
$echo '{< "maxItems": 10,< "dates": [< "05-24"< ],< "type": "selected",< "language": "en"<}' |<apify call parseforge/wikipedia-on-this-day-scraper --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Wikipedia On This Day Scraper locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: