wac - wolfram|alpha cli

Query the wolfram|alpha api from the command line.

If you're unfamiliar with wolfram|alpha, you can read more about it and try it on their website

dependencies

• curl - for fething data
• jq - for parsing json

install

You need a free api key form wolfram|alpha. Put the api key in an env variable named WOLFRAM_APP_ID or you can use a config file, see config.example. Download the wac file and put it somewhere in your path and make it executable. For example:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Fraasi/wac/main/wac -o ~/.local/bin/wac

and then

chmod +x ~/.local/bin/wac

and you're good to go.

$ wac -h

Usage:
  wac [options] <your query>

  Options:
  -d    debug (with -f, dump json to result.json)
  -f    full query mode (default)
  -h    show this help
  -s    spoken mode
  -t    show tips on how to use
  -U    update wac
  -r    result mode
  -v    show version
  -w    query the web interface