docs: def top_articles(
              self, project, access='all-access',
              year=None, month=None, day=None, limit=1000):
          """
          Get pageview counts for one or more articles
          See `<https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/metrics/pageviews/?doc\\
                  #!/Pageviews_data/get_metrics_pageviews_top_project\\
                  _access_year_month_day>`_
  
          :Parameters:
              project : str
                  a wikimedia project such as en.wikipedia or commons.wikimedia
              access : str
                  access method (desktop, mobile-web, mobile-app, or by default, all-access)
              year : int
                  default : yesterday's year
              month : int
                  default : yesterday's month
              day : int
                  default : yesterday's day
              limit : int
                  limit the number of articles returned to only the top <limit>
                  default : 1000
  
          :Returns:
              a sorted list of articles that looks like: [
                  {
                      rank: <int>,
                      article: <str>,
                      views: <int>
                  }
                  ...
              ]
          """
          yesterday = date.today() - timedelta(days=1)
          year = str(year or yesterday.year)
          month = str(month or yesterday.month).rjust(2, '0')
          day = str(day or yesterday.day).rjust(2, '0')
  
          url = '/'.join([endpoints['top'], project, access, year, month, day])
  
          try:
              result = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers).json()
  
              if 'items' in result and len(result['items']) == 1:
                  r = result['items'][0]['articles']
                  r.sort(key=lambda x: x['rank'])
                  return r[0:(limit)]
          except:
              print('ERROR while fetching or parsing ' + url)
              traceback.print_exc()
              raise
  
          raise Exception(
              'The pageview API returned nothing useful at: {}'.format(url)
          )