Hello, I would like to create a wolfram application that returns only the Wikipedia summary. Is this possible with the Wolfram Alpha API? I am using Python.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks for the response Sean. I guess I cannot use this package then? https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wolframalpha
You can use the WolframAlpha API to interact with Wolfram|Alpha.
Wolfram|Alpha doesn't do this thing you want with Wikipedia articles, does it? Wolfram|Alpha is mostly free to use. You can try it and see it what it does.
Hey Sean,
Wolfram|Alpha does give me the wikipedia summary if I run the queries here http://www.wolframalpha.com/ but it doesnt if I use the python package. This is why I am a bit confused.
Thanks, Glenn
What query are you using to get the wikipedia summary? What does your API query look like?
Have you tried using the API explorer? http://products.wolframalpha.com/api/explorer.html
Let's say I ask "Who is Iron Man" in the website. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=who+is+iron+man I will get a response with the wikipedia summary.
I have tried the API explorer. But when I use it for the same query the Wikipedia summary is absent. http://products.wolframalpha.com/api/explorer.html
Thanks again for your help. Wolfram is pretty awesome.