WolframAlpha
Wolfram|Alpha introduces a fundamentally new way to get knowledge and answers— not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods.
Installation
gem install wolfram-alpha
And that's it!
Usage
Creating a client instance:
require 'wolfram-alpha'
options = { "format" => "plaintext" } # see the reference appendix in the documentation.[1]
client = WolframAlpha::Client.new "MY-API-ID", options
External links:
Querying the engine:
response = client.query "5 largest countries"
Handling responses:
input = response["Input"] # Get the input interpretation pod.
result = response.find { |pod| pod.title == "Result" } # Get the result pod.
puts "#{input.subpods[0].plaintext} = #{result.subpods[0].plaintext}"
# 5 largest countries | by total area = 1 | Russia | 1.708×10^7 km^2 |
# 2 | Canada | 9.985×10^6 km^2 |
# 3 | United States | 9.631×10^6 km^2 |
# 4 | China | 9.597×10^6 km^2 |
# 5 | Brazil | 8.515×10^6 km^2 |
# (vertical ellipsis) | | |
Beware that WolframAlpha::Response#[] is finding a pod by its id, and not by its title.
Contributing
- Fork it!
- Create your feature branch:
git checkout -b my-new-feature - Commit your changes:
git commit -am 'Add some feature' - Push to the branch:
git push origin my-new-feature - Submit a pull request
History
v0.3
- Refactored the API.
- Tidied up the code.
v0.2
- Fixed query escaping.
- Added documentation.
v0.1
- Initial release.
Credits
Mikkel Kroman <mk@uplink.io>
License
Copyright (c) 2013 Mikkel Kroman <mk@uplink.io>
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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