qwikipedia

QuickWiki

Quick script to read a Wiki extract in the shell. This allows you to query Wikipedia from right within the shell! Displays a summary of the query along with a selectable menu of sections.

Highlights keywords in /src/key-words.ts in red for quick skims

Usage

npm start {QUERY} e.g. npm start democracy

Keys:

• Exit: Esc or Ctrl+C
• New query: q followed by query followed by Enter
• Choose new page with '/' key

Built With

• Typescript - The language used
• Chalk - For fancy console output
• MediaWiki API - To query Wikipedia
• HTMLParser2 - To parse HTML from MediaWiki API

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License