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"Fun Terminal APIs"

These are some commands you can do from any Linux terminal. They all run through someone else’s server, so any information you send will be visible to the owner.

Get the Current Weather

curl wttr.in

It’s best to open the terminal full-screen here to see the full result.

You can also do a city. For some reason, the default ‘Glasgow’ is somehwere in America, so I have to look up the real Glasgow by suffixing a tilda.

curl wttr.in/Glasgow~

You can get a specific city with a space in it like this:

curl wttr.in/San+Fransisco

Or even get the current moon phase:

curl wttr.in/moon

Send a File

Send a small file, and get a URL to it.

curl -F"file=@[ your file ]” [a]

[a]

Stick this in your .bashrc for easier use:

        curl -F"file=@$1" https://ttm.sh
    }

Now you can do sendfile myfile.md, and get the URL back instantly.

Post text and get a URL

echo ‘random message’ | ncat termbin.com 9999

Quick Cheat Sheet

curl cht.sh/htop

This returns a tldr on htop.

Corona Stats

curl [a] Country ]

[a]

For countries with a space, use %20, e.g.

curl [a]

[a]

Get Info on an IP

Look up location info about an IP address.

curl [a]

[a]

Get a Definition

Get a word’s definition:

curl dict://dict.org/define:[ word ]:

You can add it to your .bashrc like this:

    curl dict://dict.org/define:$1:
    }

Then get a definition simply by typing wotsa kobold.

Stock Prices

Get current stock prices.

curl -L stonks.icu/btc

You can add multiple stocks by simply appending them, e.g. stonks.icu/btc/amd.

And of course…

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl