misc/scripts/wa

#!/bin/sh

## WolframAlpha CLI

# load api key
token="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wolfram"
. "$token"

# properly encode query
q=$(echo "$*" | sed 's/+/%2B/g' | tr '\ ' '\+')

# fetch and parse result
result="$(curl -s "http://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query?input=$q&appid=$API_KEY&format=plaintext")"

if echo "$result" | grep -q 'Invalid appid'; then
  echo "Invalid API key!"
  echo "Get one at https://developer.wolframalpha.com/portal/apisignup.html"
  printf 'Enter your WolframAlpha API key:'
  read -r api_key
  echo "API_KEY=${api_key}" >> "$token"
  exit 1
fi

echo "$result" |
  tr '\n' '\t' |
  sed -e 's/<plaintext>/\n<plaintext>/g' |
  grep -oE "<plaintext>.*</plaintext>|<pod title=.[^\']*" |
  sed -e 's!<plaintext>!!g'                     \
      -e 's!</plaintext>!!g'                    \
      -e 's!<pod title=.*!\x1b[1;36m&\x1b[0m!g' \
      -e 's!^!    !g'                           \
      -e 's!<pod title=.!\n!g'                  \
      -e 's!\&amp;!\&!g'                        \
      -e 's!\&lt;!<!g'                          \
      -e 's!\&gt;!>!g'                          \
      -e 's!\&quot;!"!g'                        \
      -e "s/\&apos;/'/g" |
  tr '\t' '\n' |
  sed -e '/^$/d;' \
      -e 's/\ \ */\ /g;' \
      -e 's/\\\:/\\\u/g'