📜 History Intelligence API

The ultimate "On This Day" engine. Instantly retrieve historical events, niche intelligence (Crypto, Sports, Tech), and AI-generated social media posts for any date.

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What is the History Intelligence API?

The History Intelligence API is not just another static encyclopedia scraper. It is a hybrid intelligence engine designed for content creators, app developers, and community managers.

While standard tools only give you a list of wars and birthdays from Wikipedia, this Actor uses AI and Live Web Scanning to find the data that actually drives engagement: pop-culture holidays, specific sports results, crypto milestones, and business history.

It doesn't just give you raw data; it can act as your Social Media Manager, automatically writing viral Tweets, LinkedIn posts, and Trivia questions based on the day's events.

What can this Actor do?

• 📅 General History: Scrapes and consolidates major events, births, deaths, and holidays from encyclopedic sources.
• 🦁 Deep Niche Scanning: Uses live "X-Ray" searches to find granular events in specific verticals like Crypto (e.g., Bitcoin price history), Sports (match results), Gaming, and Business.
• 🧠 AI Enrichment: Uses LLMs to categorize data and find "Fun" unofficial holidays (like National Pizza Day) that standard databases miss.
• 📱 Social Media Auto-Pilot: Generates ready-to-post content (Tweets, LinkedIn copy, Trivia) tailored to the specific historical events found.
• ⚡ Smart Caching: Data is cached globally. If a date has been processed before, you get the result in milliseconds.

What data can you extract?

This Actor returns a structured JSON object containing up to 10 layers of historical context.

Data Point	Description
Historical Events	Major political, war, and discovery events tagged by location.
Niche Data	Deep-dive events for specific topics (e.g., Bitcoin reached $1k).
Fun Holidays	Unofficial observances like Star Wars Day or Pizza Day.
Cultural Symbols	Zodiac signs, Birthstones, and Birth Flowers for the date.
Social Content	Pre-written viral Tweets, LinkedIn posts, and Discord Trivia.
Multimedia	URLs to relevant images for major events.

Pricing

We use a transparent Pay-Per-Event model. You only pay for the depth of intelligence you request.

Event Type	Price per Run	Description
General History	$0.005	Retrieves standard events, births, deaths, and major holidays. Ideal for basic "On This Day" widgets.
Niche Intelligence	$0.05	Performs a live, deep-web scan for specific topics (Crypto, Sports, etc.) and merges it with general history.
Social AI Add-on	+$0.02	Uses GenAI to write unique social media posts based on the extracted data.

Cost Examples

• Basic: "What happened on October 26?"
  • Cost: $0.005 (General Result)
• Pro: "Give me Sports history for October 26."
  • Cost: $0.05 (Niche Result)
• Creator: "Give me Sports history AND write a Tweet about it."
  • Cost: **$0.07** ($0.05 Niche + $0.02 Social Add-on)

How to use the History Intelligence API

This Actor is designed to be simple enough for a manual run but powerful enough for automated workflows (Zapier/Make).

1. Select a Date

Enter the date you want intelligence for. You can use today for daily automation or a specific date like 12-25.

2. Choose a Category

• General: Best for general education and trivia.
• Niche Topics: Select Sports, Crypto, Business, Gaming, etc., to perform a deep scan.

3. Social Media (Optional)

Check "Generate Social Posts" if you want the AI to write your content for you.

Input Example

{
    "date": "today",
    "category": "crypto",
    "generate_social": true
}

Output Example

{
  "day_id": "10-31",
  "date_display": "October 31",
  "niche_data": {
    "crypto": [
      {
        "year": "2008",
        "description": "Satoshi Nakamoto publishes the Bitcoin Whitepaper."
      }
    ]
  },
  "social_content": {
    "twitter": "On this day in 2008, the financial world changed forever. ₿ #BitcoinWhitepaper #CryptoHistory",
    "discord_trivia": "What document was published on Halloween 2008 that launched a financial revolution?"
  }
}

FAQ

How accurate is the data? Our "General" data is sourced from established encyclopedic databases. Our "Niche" data is scanned live from high-authority domain-specific websites (e.g., ESPN for sports, CoinDesk for crypto) and verified by AI.

Is the Social Content unique? Yes. The AI generates fresh copy every time, ensuring your tweets don't look like bots. It takes into account the specific mix of events found for that day.

Can I schedule this to run daily? Absolutely. We recommend setting up a Schedule in the Apify Console to run this Actor every morning at 8:00 AM with the input date: "today". You can then connect the output to a webhook (Slack, Discord, Zapier) to automate your content pipeline.

Support

If you have ideas for new Niche Categories (e.g., "K-Pop History" or "Legal History"), or if you encounter any issues, please open a ticket in the Issues tab. We are actively maintaining and expanding this intelligence engine.