eventregistry

Accessing Event Registry data through JS

This library contains classes that allow one to easily access the event and article information from Event Registry (http://eventregistry.org).

Most of the package is quite similar to Event Registry Python so for all who are already acquainted with the Python version there shouldn't be any problems with using this package.

Installation

Event Registry package can be installed using the NodeJS Package Manager. Type the following in the command line:

npm install eventregistry

and the package should be installed. Alternatively, you can also clone the package from the GitHub repository. After cloning it, open the command line and run:

npm build

Validating installation

To ensure that the package has been properly installed type the following in you JS file:

import { EventRegistry } from "eventregistry";

If this doesn't produce any kind of error messages then your installation has been successful.

Updating the package

As features are added to the package you will need at some point to update it. In case you have downloaded the package from GitHub simply do a git pull. If you have installed it using the npm command, then simply run:

npm update eventregistry

Authentication and API key

When making queries to Event Registry you will have to use an API key that you can obtain for free.