Wolfram command for gurkbot

[dhzdhd]

We need a wolfram command ( commonly accessed by !wa ) that accesses the Wolfram API and fetches results in the form of a image based on user queries

I believe i can do it myself as i already have it implemented in my bot

Example:

Need suggestions regarding whether:

1. Dark mode is needed
2. labelbar style layout is needed

Refer docs - https://products.wolframalpha.com/simple-api/documentation/

[gustavwilliam]

Dark mode could be cool. However, I find it slightly more difficult to read than the standard light mode. If it’s possible to change the background color (to something that’s a bit lighter), I’d like to see how that would look as well.

What is labelbar style?

[dhzdhd]

Dark mode could be cool. However, I find it slightly more difficult to read than the standard light mode. If it’s possible to change the background color (to something that’s a bit lighter), I’d like to see how that would look as well.

What is labelbar style?

I forgot to say, it is indeed possible to change the bg colour - need some testing
Also label bar style in given in the API docs

[gustavwilliam]

Ah, I see. Personally, I think the entire picture should be a single image, since that looks a bit more unified.

For background color, I’d say either white or a dark, but not black, color. If you could do some testing with colors, that would be fantastic, and showing multiple (50) shades grey here.

[dhzdhd]

Ah, I see. Personally, I think the entire picture should be a single image, since that looks a bit more unified.

For background color, I’d say either white or a dark, but not black, color. If you could do some testing with colors, that would be fantastic, and showing multiple (50) shades grey here.

it is indeed a single pic - it just looks way neater with the labelbar layout imo
the discord bg colour and the colour between the separate headings is the same - hence the illusion
And yes, if this is approved , i will test the colours

[plusk-dev]

Ah, I see. Personally, I think the entire picture should be a single image, since that looks a bit more unified.
For background color, I’d say either white or a dark, but not black, color. If you could do some testing with colors, that would be fantastic, and showing multiple (50) shades grey here.

it is indeed a single pic - it just looks way neater with the labelbar layout imo
the discord bg colour and the colour between the separate headings is the same - hence the illusion
And yes, if this is approved , i will test the colours

yea, if the bgcolor could get the same as discord bg color, then that shall look a lot nicer

[dhzdhd]

I would like to be assigned to this command please :)

[gustavwilliam]

I'd like for us to have a direction for the command before coding it, so the reviews won't largely consist of "could we add this field" and "why is that field there." Some details can be tried out, but we should try to understand how most of the command would work first.

How do you think that the embed should look?

[dhzdhd]

I sent the screenshot of the embed in my original issue and that is exactly how I would like it to look @gustavwilliam
Oops, you did not mean it literally .

1. The header of the embed is the query itself so as to make it clear that that picture is the result of the query
2. Next comes the image gotten from the API which consists of the query result
3. If the image is not available (usually results in loading forever or disappearance of image in the embed,
   a link will be provided to the website where the query result can be seen directly)
4. The footer consists of the author profile picture, name and the timestamp

Embed structure is subject to change depending upon whether a embed helper is added or not .

Hope this made it all clear :)

[gustavwilliam]

Alrighty. I appreciate that you gave some thought to the edge case of where no image is returned. Regarding point 4, why would we want that? I'd prefer if we ping the user in the message (set description) and include the embed. That's what we do in the other commands — at least for now.

The title could probably be improved. We have a command on Sir Lancebot (SeasonalBot) that looks like this:

Maybe we could just call it "Wolfram Alpha" as well and the description could be the input, or maybe we should make the title the input. What do you think? I'm not quite sure what a good title would be.

[Arnav-2004]

If you are typing the command you probably know what you are searching for so I mean adding the search in the title would be unnecessary but let's see what others think

[dhzdhd]

Alrighty. I appreciate that you gave some thought to the edge case of where no image is returned. Regarding point 4, why would we want that? I'd prefer if we ping the user in the message (set description) and include the embed. That's what we do in the other commands — at least for now.

The title could probably be improved. We have a command on Sir Lancebot (SeasonalBot) that looks like this:

Maybe we could just call it "Wolfram Alpha" as well and the description could be the input, or maybe we should make the title the input. What do you think? I'm not quite sure what a good title would be.

Regarding the title, it is indeed true, the query part in the author section of the embed is not needed. Also, i will not include
the footer with the name, timestamp , etc - I am just used to it :)

I will heed your advice and will implement it if i do get approved for working on this

[gustavwilliam]

What title do you think would fit? Any ideas?

[dhzdhd]

The title of the embed from python discord is good enough I suppose.
If anyone else has any other ideas, they can pitch in

[gustavwilliam]

Alright. I think we have a clear enough understanding of the command now. I'll assign you; thanks!