API Reference¶

Displays Royal Society of Chemistry “On This Day In Chemistry” facts in your terminal.

Functions:

`clear_cache`()	Clear any cached responses.
`get_fact`([month, day])	Returns the fact for the given date.

clear_cache()[source]¶

Clear any cached responses.

get_fact(month=None, day=None)[source]¶

Returns the fact for the given date.

Parameters

month (Union[str, int, None]) – The month, either its short name (e.g. 'Oct'), its full name (e.g. 'October') or its number (e.g. 10). Default None.
day (Union[str, int, None]) – The day of the month. Default None.

If month and day are both left as None (the default) the current date is used.