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---
# Get Wikipedia on-this-day entries (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/wikipedia/on-this-day/get)

## Summary

Get selected Wikipedia anniversaries, births, deaths, events or holidays for a month and day.

**Tags:** `Wikipedia`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/wikipedia/on-this-day`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.wikipedia.listOnThisDay({ month: 11, day: 2 })`
- **Pagination:** none
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Failed requests (`lookup_failed`, `503`):** not charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `lang` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; default: `en`
- **Description:** Wikimedia edition code, e.g. `en`, `de`, `ja`, `simple` or `zh-min-nan`. Default: `en`.

### `month` (query)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 1; maximum: 12
- **Description:** Month, 1 to 12.

### `day` (query)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 1; maximum: 31
- **Description:** Day of the month, 1 to 31.

### `type` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: selected, births, deaths, events, holidays, all; default: `all`
- **Description:** `selected`, `births`, `deaths`, `events`, `holidays` or `all` (default). Each type can be several MB, and `all` returns every type at once.

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: Get Wikipedia on-this-day entries
- **400**: Invalid request
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

Get Wikipedia on-this-day entries

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found. Whether the entity, page or data set exists. A missing entity is `not_found`; an existing entity with no rows is `found` with `empty: true`.
  - **lang** (required) — type `string`. Edition code.
  - **month** (required) — type `integer`. Month.
  - **day** (required) — type `integer`. Day.
  - **type** (required) — type `string`; enum: selected, births, deaths, events, holidays, all. Which entries were requested.
  - **selected** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Selected anniversaries, when requested.
    - _items:_
      - **text** (required) — type `string`. The event, birth, death, holiday or news text.
      - **year** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Year, when the entry has one.
      - **pages** (required) — type `array`. Linked pages.
        - _items:_
  - **births** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Births, when requested.
    - _items:_
      - **text** (required) — type `string`. The event, birth, death, holiday or news text.
      - **year** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Year, when the entry has one.
      - **pages** (required) — type `array`. Linked pages.
        - _items:_
  - **deaths** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Deaths, when requested.
    - _items:_
      - **text** (required) — type `string`. The event, birth, death, holiday or news text.
      - **year** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Year, when the entry has one.
      - **pages** (required) — type `array`. Linked pages.
        - _items:_
  - **events** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Events, when requested.
    - _items:_
      - **text** (required) — type `string`. The event, birth, death, holiday or news text.
      - **year** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Year, when the entry has one.
      - **pages** (required) — type `array`. Linked pages.
        - _items:_
  - **holidays** (required) — type `array`; nullable. Holidays, when requested.
    - _items:_
      - **text** (required) — type `string`. The event, birth, death, holiday or news text.
      - **year** (required) — type `integer`; nullable. Year, when the entry has one.
      - **pages** (required) — type `array`. Linked pages.
        - _items:_
  - **empty** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the answer is a valid empty result rather than missing.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.

### Example JSON (found)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "lang": "en",
    "month": 11,
    "day": 2,
    "type": "events",
    "selected": null,
    "births": null,
    "deaths": null,
    "events": [
      {
        "text": "A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigra…",
        "year": 2022,
        "pages": [
          {
            "type": "standard",
            "title": "Ethiopia–Tigray_peace_agreement",
            "displayTitle": "Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement",
            "namespace": {
              "id": 0,
              "text": ""
            },
            "wikibaseItem": "Q115124248",
            "titles": {
              "canonical": "Ethiopia–Tigray_peace_agreement",
              "normalized": "Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement",
              "display": "<span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement</span></span>"
            },
            "pageId": 72171064,
            "thumbnail": {
              "source": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Delegation_from_the_African_Union_%28AU%29_and_other_partners_…",
              "width": 330,
              "height": 181
            },
            "originalImage": {
              "source": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Delegation_from_the_African_Union_%28AU%29_and_other_partners_has_a…",
              "width": 1023,
              "height": 560
            },
            "lang": "en",
            "dir": "ltr",
            "revision": "1380228157",
            "tid": "771a2714-c7e0-11f1-a557-0486087b62c1",
            "timestamp": "2026-10-14T15:03:51Z",
            "description": "Peace treaty signed in 2022",
            "descriptionSource": "local",
            "contentUrls": {
              "desktop": {
                "page": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement",
                "revisions": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement?action=history",
                "edit": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement?action=edit",
                "talk": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement"
              },
              "mobile": {
                "page": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement",
                "revisions": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement",
                "edit": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement?action=edit",
                "talk": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement"
              }
            },
            "extract": "The Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement, also called the Pretoria Agreement or the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA…",
            "extractHtml": "<p>The <b>Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement</b>, also called the <b>Pretoria Agreement</b> or the <b>Cessation of Hostili…",
            "normalizedTitle": "Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "holidays": null,
    "empty": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_aa156ef1-3a57-4d96-b2be-d714682f2054",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.wikipedia.listOnThisDay({
  month: 11,
  day: 2,
});

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/wikipedia/on-this-day?month=11&day=2",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/wikipedia/on-this-day?month=11&day=2" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/wikipedia/on-this-day?month=11&day=2",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```