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api-ninjas-com Day in History API

The Day in History API provides historical events that happened on a specific date. Free users receive events for today's date only - premium users can specify custom dates and control pagination.

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GET /v1/dayinhistory Get historical events for a specific date #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ninjas Day in History API
  description: 'Combined OpenAPI specification for every API Ninjas endpoint. Requests go to https://api.api-ninjas.com with an `X-Api-Key` header; get a free key at https://api-ninjas.com/register. Human-readable docs: https://api-ninjas.com/api. Index for LLMs: https://api-ninjas.com/llms.txt.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Ninjas
    url: https://api-ninjas.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.api-ninjas.com
  description: API Ninjas Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Day in History
  description: The Day in History API provides historical events that happened on a specific date. Free users receive events for today's date only - premium users can specify custom dates and control pagination.
paths:
  /v1/dayinhistory:
    get:
      summary: Get historical events for a specific date
      description: Returns historical events that happened on a given `month` and `day`. Free requests cover today's date only; other dates plus `limit` and `offset` require premium.
      operationId: getDayInHistory
      tags:
      - Day in History
      parameters:
      - name: month
        in: query
        description: The month of the historical events to retrieve. Must be between 1 and 12. If specified, day must also be provided. If both are omitted, today's date is used. Premium only.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 12
      - name: day
        in: query
        description: The day of the month for the historical events to retrieve. Must be between 1 and 31. If specified, month must also be provided. If both are omitted, today's date is used. Premium only.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 31
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: The number of results to skip. Must be zero or a positive integer. Default is 0. Premium only.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 30. Default is 1. Premium only.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 30
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalEvent'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DayInHistoryOpenapi_Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DayInHistoryOpenapi_Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DayInHistoryOpenapi_Error'
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    DayInHistoryOpenapi_Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    HistoricalEvent:
      type: object
      properties:
        year:
          type: integer
          example: 1969
        month:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 12
          example: 7
        day:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 31
          example: 20
        event:
          type: string
          example: 'Apollo program: Apollo 11''s crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later.'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
externalDocs:
  description: API Ninjas documentation
  url: https://api-ninjas.com/api