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If you want to store secrets in public notebook stake a look at https://observablehq.com/@endpointservices/public-api-keys","create_time":"$D2021-10-03T10:58:36.593Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"5215f6ec4a999d40","login":"tomlarkworthy","name":"Tom Larkworthy","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/47327a8bc1966f2186dcb3ebf4b7ee6e4e7ab9a5c2a07405aff57200ea778f71","tier":null}},{"id":"da8961189dee8d66","reply_to_id":"f36ee4f222c0a271","content":"Interesting, thanks for the comment!\n\nIt's worth noting that with Wolfram Alpha, the app ID isn't really super sensitive: the worst that can happen is someone grabbing it and using some of your quota, which is unlikely since it's much easier to sign up and get your own ID.\n\nWhat I do is make an unlisted wrapper library (as described here) and just write my app ID there and don't really care if it's technically exposed.","create_time":"$D2021-10-03T11:23:15.077Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"5e1c1d34cf3c138c","login":"jerryjappinen","name":"Jerry Jäppinen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/da68ef84738ce83ecc0aca0bac01d671eeaa7b46c1b3e4333452f0dc24a48f2f","tier":null}},{"id":"be5cb6e92779c753","reply_to_id":"f36ee4f222c0a271","content":"That said I do wish Observable supported fully private libraries for this use case!","create_time":"$D2021-10-03T11:23:56.577Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"5e1c1d34cf3c138c","login":"jerryjappinen","name":"Jerry Jäppinen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/da68ef84738ce83ecc0aca0bac01d671eeaa7b46c1b3e4333452f0dc24a48f2f","tier":null}},{"id":"3f2b6312322dfeb3","reply_to_id":null,"content":"Cool - thanks for sharing!\n\nYou might be interested in this notebook, that accesses Wolfram data in an entirely different way:\nhttps://observablehq.com/@mcmcclur/city_data-from-wolfram-research","create_time":"$D2021-10-12T01:19:40.591Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"c3301e515dd08a41","login":"mcmcclur","name":"Mark McClure","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/e615e819ce83d43faef607e48c53c5ff63943aa0ba9f5848499bd02fef7396f4","tier":null}},{"id":"5d711877cd02b14f","reply_to_id":"3f2b6312322dfeb3","content":"Nice, thanks for sharing! Is there something you think could be generalised and a good addition to the simple API + demos that are already included here? I'm not so familiar with all the other Wolfram offering.","create_time":"$D2021-10-12T07:59:09.169Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"5e1c1d34cf3c138c","login":"jerryjappinen","name":"Jerry Jäppinen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/da68ef84738ce83ecc0aca0bac01d671eeaa7b46c1b3e4333452f0dc24a48f2f","tier":null}},{"id":"cb8cbbcdfd08fc69","reply_to_id":"3f2b6312322dfeb3","content":"Yes, it can certainly be generalized. Here's a completely different example illustrating the vibrational modes of a region specified by the user:\nhttps://observablehq.com/d/6039661965abff13\n\nEssentially, any function that you might write in Mathematica can be deployed to the Wolfram Cloud and accessed via an API call. It's quite different from the WolframAlpha API, though; it complements it the stuff here, rather than adding to it.","create_time":"$D2021-10-12T11:52:42.012Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"c3301e515dd08a41","login":"mcmcclur","name":"Mark McClure","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/e615e819ce83d43faef607e48c53c5ff63943aa0ba9f5848499bd02fef7396f4","tier":null}}],"custom_thumbnail":true,"trashed":false,"subscribed":null,"forks":5,"collection":{"id":"472c088ec1a9671b","slug":"libraries","title":"Libraries","owner":{"id":"78ae8536857bb3ab","login":"jerryjappinen","name":"Jerry Jäppinen"}},"type":"notebook","body":{"title":"Wolfram Alpha on Observable ","cells":[{"id":0,"value":"# Wolfram Alpha on Observable ${icon(\"wolframalpha-color\")}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":1335,"value":"Embed answers from [Wolfram Alpha](https://wolframalpha.com) into your notebooks.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":1123,"value":"---","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":446,"value":"To fetch answers, get an app ID from the [developer portal](https://developer.wolframalpha.com/portal/myapps/) and `import with` it:","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":535,"value":"```js\nimport {\n wolfram,\n wolframExpanded,\n wolframSolve,\n wolframSolveExpanded,\n wolframDemo\n} with { appId } from \"@jerryjappinen/wolfram-alpha\"\n\n// Use your own API key:\nappId = \"ABC123-DEF456\" // or `appId = Secret('myAppId')`\n```\n\nSee [@observablehq/secrets](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/secrets) to learn more about secrets.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":833,"value":"By default, a demo ID is used. 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See [@endpointservices/public-api-keys](https://observablehq.com/@endpointservices/public-api-keys).","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":857,"value":"---","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":367,"value":"# Usage","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":482,"value":"### wolfram(`input`, `[options]`)\n\nGet a simple, quick one-line response from Wolfram Alpha.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":588,"value":"async function wolfram(input, options) {\n var response = await wolfie.fetch(input, options);\n var data = response.data;\n\n // Unwrap curly braces for friendlier formatting in notebooks\n if (\n data &&\n data.substr &&\n data.substr(0, 1) == \"{\" &&\n data.substr(-1) == \"}\"\n ) {\n data = data.substr(1, data.length - 2);\n\n // Unwrap second level of curly braces\n if (data.substr(0, 1) == \"{\" && data.substr(-1) == \"}\") {\n data = data.substr(1, data.length - 2).replaceAll(\"}, {\", \", \");\n }\n }\n\n return data;\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":725,"value":"wolfram(\"Circumference of Earth\")","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":630,"value":"wolfram(\"How high is the Empire State Building?\")","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":658,"value":"wolfram(\"How far is Los Angeles from New York\")","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":861,"value":"---","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":596,"value":"### wolframExpanded(`input`, `[options]`)\n\nAsk any question from Wolfram Alpha and get the answer as an image into your notebook. 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Use the `demonstrationSlug` you see in the URL of each demo on `demonstrations.wolfram.com`.~~\n\n~~You don't need an app ID if you only want to embed demonstrations:~~\n\n**These demo embeds no longer seem to work 🤷**","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":1374,"value":"function wolframDemoUrl (demoSlug) {\n return `https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/${demoSlug}/`\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":1386,"value":"function wolframDemoLink (demoSlug) {\n return md`[${_.capitalize(_.startCase(demoSlug).toLowerCase())}](${wolframDemoUrl(demoSlug)})`\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":1067,"value":"function wolframDemo (demoSlug) {\n return embed(`\n

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You probably don't need these.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":1015,"value":"---","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":470,"value":"Get the raw URL of an image result.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":264,"value":"function wolframImageUrl(input, options) {\n return wolfie.getImageUrl(input, options);\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":459,"value":"Get a link to wolframalpha.com with the given query prefilled.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":297,"value":"function wolframLink (input) {\n return wolfie.getClientUrl(input)\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":896,"value":"Encodes the input query so that the images work in Observable's Markdown renderer.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":337,"value":"function markdownSafeUrl (url) {\n return url.replace(/\$/g, \"%28\").replace(/\$/g, \"%29\")\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":940,"value":"---","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined"},{"id":944,"value":"Shorthands for `wolframSolve` and `wolframSolveExpanded`. 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