In order to obtain current events from the Wikipedia in wiki markup, an
application generally needs to take the following steps:
1. Construct the current date string in the form of "YYYY_MO_DA", e.g.,
"2009_April_1"
2. Perform GET by the URL for the given date string for viewing the page
source, e.g,
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2009_April_1&action=edit
3. Pick the content of the HTML <textarea> element.
Since not documented, i'm wondering whether the above is the expected way of
accessing the current events in Wikipedia? Or is there a more elegant solution
for the same task?
TIA,
Shriram
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