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Re: Show HN: Whit - Access any kind of data through SMS

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Post by aaln » Sun, May 19, 2013, 4:09 PM UTC

dror82 wrote: post #35

Nice Idea. I'm sure you can spare the prefix letter with a little effort. You should try and make it as a plugin for existing IM app (e.g. Whatsapp)

Agreed, the prefix letters are going to go.

Re: Show HN: Whit - Access any kind of data through SMS

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Post by benpbenp » Sun, May 19, 2013, 5:32 PM UTC

Is this named after Whit Sunday (today this year, 19 May) or is that just a coincidence?

Re: Show HN: Whit - Access any kind of data through SMS

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Post by xur17 » Sun, May 19, 2013, 6:21 PM UTC

Great work, it looks really neat!

side note - I think your server's down, I'm not getting any response from it.

Re: Show HN: Whit - Access any kind of data through SMS

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Post by asmosoinio » Sun, May 19, 2013, 7:06 PM UTC

aalns [dead] comment:

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Whit is an open source SMS service, which allows you to query CrunchBase, Wikipedia, and several other data APIs. Simply text 917-791-3098. Special commands include: P:'personName', C:'companyName', S:'stockTicker', W:'wikiSearch' ex. queries: 'p:bill gates', 'c:apple', 's:fb', 'w:philosophy'

Re: Show HN: Whit - Access any kind of data through SMS

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Post by rpicard » Sun, May 19, 2013, 8:05 PM UTC

aaln wrote: post #8

rpicard wrote: post #6

I use something similar that I created all the time. Mine connects to the DuckDuckGo API to pull the Zero-click info which is sourced from Wikipedia, Crunchbase, and a bunch of others. I never thought to open source it, but maybe I'll take a few minutes to do that soon.

Using the DuckDuckGo api sounds really interesting because Google just shut off it's SMS service. Please send link when possible. Whit is meant for anyone to scale for access to any kind of data through sms.

I have the code up on GitHub, but the server I've been using to host the application myself isn't up right now. I have to debug some problem, but I don't think there is anything wrong with the code (just my deployment process).

Here it is: https://github.com/rpicard/text-ddg

Re: Show HN: Whit - Access any kind of data through SMS

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Post by rpicard » Sun, May 19, 2013, 11:58 PM UTC

rpicard wrote: post #45

aaln wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using the DuckDuckGo api sounds really interesting because Google just shut off it's SMS service. Please send link when possible. Whit is meant for anyone to scale for access to any kind of data through sms.

I have the code up on GitHub, but the server I've been using to host the application myself isn't up right now. I have to debug some problem, but I don't think there is anything wrong with the code (just my deployment process). Here it is: https://github.com/rpicard/text-ddg

Okay, it's working now. I just needed to bind Gunicorn to 0.0.0.0 so it would be externally visible.