[App] WolframAlpha

Introduction

Ask about weather, math, physics, and all sorts of questions on WolframAlpha - the computational knowledge engine.

Preparation

Create your very own WolframAlpha application:

1. Visit WolframAlpha Developer Portal.
2. Sign up for an account and then sign in.
3. In My Apps, click "Get an AppID".
4. Enter a name for your application. The name is not very important.
5. Note down "APPID" in the response.

Configuration

Under JSON object Features, construct a JSON object called WolframAlpha that has the following mandatory properties:

Property	Type	Meaning
AppID	string	Your WolframAlpha application ID.

Here is an example:

{
    ...

    "Features": {
        ...

        "WolframAlpha": {
            "AppID": "XXXXXX-1234567890"
        },

        ...
    },

    ...
}

Usage

Use any capable laitos daemon to invoke the app:

.w this is a question for wolfram alpha to solve

A short moment later, WolframAlpha's answer will appear in the response.

Tips

The application you created with WolframAlpha is for non-commercial use. As of 2017-11-07, you may use WolframAlpha for up to 2000 times in a month for non-commercial application.

WolframAlpha is an incredibly powerful knowledge engine, it will happily answer questions from a large variety of fields.