hello_friend

Code.Fun.Do 2016 Hackathon project by team ./ [dot slash]

A Q&A service through SMS.

Number: +1 360-900-1701

Features

• Call for help using the SOS module
• Find the best route to your destination
• Catch up on the latest news
• Find out meaning for a new word
• Find your nearest ATM
• In a foreign country? Use Translate to speak the native language
• Keep up with the stock market
• Check out information on all the movies
• Prepare for sun or rain with weather updates

And the best part? No need to have Internet, or even a smartphone.

APIs used

• Twilio
• Heroku
• Wit.ai
• Bing Maps API
• Google Places API
• Bing Translate API
• Open Weather Map API
• Bing News API
• OMDB API
• Duck Duck Go Instant Answer API
• Yahoo Finance

Developed by

Avikant Saini

Yash Kumar Lal

Jitesh Kumar Jha

Templates

To test the functionalities provided by hello_friend, use these test cases:

• navigate from locality, city to locality, city. To and from locations can be interchanged as well. The correct interpretation is autodetected.
• whats the weather in city today
• help locality, city OR sos locality, city
• how do you say word in language
• imdb movie-name
• stocks stock-name
• atm near locality, city
• define word/phrase
• show me sports news

Languages

The languages currently supported by our Translate feature are:

• German
• French
• Spanish
• Chinese

Running Locally

It's possible; Send a GET request to localhost:5000/sms with the query string in a parameter "Body"