Wolfram|Alpha bot for WhatsApp

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Sometimes I just want to check things quick, and it’s quicker for me to send a WhatsApp message than to load the site. Basically, I created it to scratch a personal itch. You can add it to groups, and ask it questions, for example, “WA 88 mph” or you can message it directly without need to launch the Wolfram|Alpha website.

You can add it at +27 63 975 2230

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It’s written in python, to get the Wolfram|Alpha output the way I like it I just shell out to a slightly modified GitHub - ASzc/tungsten: A WolframAlpha CLI · GitHub, but I will replace that with proper python code soon. To access WhatsApp I’m using GitHub - mukulhase/WebWhatsapp-Wrapper: An API for sending and receiving messages over web.whatsapp [Working as of 18th May 2018] · GitHub as it’s a bit more difficult to get a WhatsApp business account, and you can’t add business accounts to groups, and having it run in a group was one of the things I wanted out of it.

Once the code is cleaned up a little I’ll post it on github, and I’ll update this post with the link.

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Welcome to Wolfram Community and thank you for sharing, it looks like it really works! Could you please share more details on the implementation? We added a few images to your post of how the interface looks on mobile phone. But It would be really interesting to know the inner workings. Here are best practices for posting: http://wolfr.am/READ-1ST

Note there was some similar work done: Wolfram Alpha for .NET: open source software library

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Sure!

Thanks for adding the images. I’ll update the OP with the details.