wiki_onthisday {wikifacts} | R Documentation |
‘wiki_onthisday()' generates ’on this day' facts from the Wikipedia main page on a specified date.
wiki_onthisday(
n_facts = 1L,
date = sample(seq(as.Date("2015-01-01"), Sys.Date() - 1, by = "day"), 1),
bare_fact = FALSE
)
n_facts |
An integer determining the number of facts that will be generated, up to a limit of the maximum facts for the date specified. |
date |
A date string of the form YYYY-MM-DD. Default value is a random date since 1 January 2015. |
bare_fact |
Logical. Determining whether the fact should be quoted as is or surrounded by a preamble and courtesy statement. |
A vector of strings with random 'on this day' facts from Wikipedia's main page if it exists for the date specified - otherwise "I got nothin'"
wiki_onthisday(date = '2020-05-02')