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... 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