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 install -g qwikipedia

wiki 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