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

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Post by rpicard »

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.

Sure thing. I'll probably re-do it in Flask because I looked at the code for the first time since last October and it's way more complicated than it needs to be. There are only a few lines of code, but there are a bunch of cruft files for the Perl framework I was using (Dancer). It'll only take a few minutes to port it though.

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

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Post by suyash »

suhastech wrote: post #13

If you're in India, Intuit has an app ecosystem built around this idea: http://txtweb.com/

Very interesting, this can be great for people who don't have data plan but can still get useful information by sms. Where does it say it's by Intuit, I don't see Intuit mentioned anywhere?

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

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Post by pudquick »

aaln wrote: post #9
yefim323 wrote: post #7

Cool service. However, it's generally bad practice to reveal your API keys.

Thanks! Just fixed.

Careful. All you've done is revise it. I could post a link or two that easily reveals it in your git repository revision history (6sus.. and 794e..).

Instead, I'll post this link: https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data

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

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suyash wrote: post #15
suhastech wrote: post #13

If you're in India, Intuit has an app ecosystem built around this idea: http://txtweb.com/

Very interesting, this can be great for people who don't have data plan but can still get useful information by sms. Where does it say it's by Intuit, I don't see Intuit mentioned anywhere?

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