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

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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'

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#2
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'

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#4

This looks really promising. Will you ever add support for email?

Accessing email through SMS is already widely popular. This is meant to scale for any kind of general data.

However, we are adding a service that will email all of your queries to you at the end of the day.

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post #4

This looks really promising. Will you ever add support for email?

Accessing email through SMS is already widely popular. This is meant to scale for any kind of general data. However, we are adding a service that will email all of your queries to you at the end of the day.

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#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.

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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.

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