## fetch_views()


Fetch daily pageviews for a single Wikipedia article.


Usage


``` python
fetch_views(
    article,
    start=DATA_FLOOR,
    end=None,
    project="en.wikipedia",
    granularity="daily"
)
```


## Parameters


`article: str`  
Article title, e.g. `"Tamagotchi"`. Spaces are converted to underscores and the title is URL-encoded for you. Redirects are resolved first.

`start: dt.date = DATA_FLOOR`  
Inclusive date range. Data is available from 2015-07-01.

`end: dt.date = DATA_FLOOR`  
Inclusive date range. Data is available from 2015-07-01.

`project: str = ``"en.wikipedia"`  
Wikimedia project, e.g. `"en.wikipedia"`.

`granularity: str = ``"daily"`  
`"daily"` or `"monthly"`.


## Returns


`pd.DataFrame`  
Columns `date`, `article`, `views`. Empty (with a warning) if the article has no data for the range.


## Examples

``` python
>>> df = fetch_views("Furby", start=dt.date(2020, 1, 1), end=dt.date(2020, 12, 31))  # doctest: +SKIP
>>> df.views.sum() > 0  # doctest: +SKIP
```

True