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In case you receive the following message "Sorry internet hipster, this little side project requires JavaScript." here is a quick example of how to get the pa

In case you receive the following message "Sorry internet hipster, this little side project requires JavaScript." here is a quick example of how to get the pages the "traditional way"[FN1]: #/bin/sh test $# -eq 2||exec echo usage: $0 source target; exec curl -H"Content-type: application/json" \ -d '{"source":"'$1'","target":"'$2'"}' \ https://api.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/paths \ |exec sed ' s/\",/\"\ /g;s/,\"/\ \"/g;s/:{/:\ {/g;s/}/&\ /g;s/\"pages\":/&\ /' It appears the author is using the Wikipedia API. I did not add any HTML tags, etc. to the output, although this is very easy to do. FN1. The original "web browsers" needed no GUI, no Javascript.

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aplorbust 9y ago
Example: sdow true false Output: {"isSourceRedirected":false "isTargetRedirected":false "pages": {"161711": {"description":"Value indicating the relation of a proposition to truth" "title":"Truth value" "url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_value"} "228748": {"description":"Wikimedia disambiguation page" "title":"True" "url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True"} "40805040": {"description":"Wikimedia disambiguation page" "title":"False" "url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False"} } "paths":[[228748,161711,40805040]] "sourcePageTitle":"True" "targetPageTitle":"False"} Edit sed commands to make first line indented: |exec sed ' s/{/\ &/; s/\",/\"\ /g;s/,\"/\ \"/g;s/:{/:\ {/g;s/}/&\ /g;s/\"pages\":/&\ /'
dmytrish 9y ago
Now it makes more sense. I'd prefer to have a brief technical explanation why Javascript is needed instead of this condescending labeling. Edit: NoScript is not a luxury for technically minded geeks anymore, it's a necessary protection against tracking, CPU-consuming advertisement and attacks like Spectre/Meltdown and who knows what else Intel has for us.

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aplorbust 9y ago

Example: sdow true false Output: {"isSourceRedirected":false "isTargetRedirected":false "pages": {"161711": {"description":"Value indicating the relation of a proposition to truth" "title":"Truth value" "url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_value"} "228748": {"description":"Wikimedia disambiguation page" "title":"True" "url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True"} "40805040": {"description":"Wikimedia disambiguation page" "title":"False" "url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False"} } "paths":[[228748,161711,40805040]] "sourcePageTitle":"True" "targetPageTitle":"False"} Edit sed commands to make first line indented: |exec sed ' s/{/\ &/; s/\",/\"\ /g;s/,\"/\ \"/g;s/:{/:\ {/g;s/}/&\ /g;s/\"pages\":/&\ /'

dmytrish 9y ago

Now it makes more sense. I'd prefer to have a brief technical explanation why Javascript is needed instead of this condescending labeling. Edit: NoScript is not a luxury for technically minded geeks anymore, it's a necessary protection against tracking, CPU-consuming advertisement and attacks like Spectre/Meltdown and who knows what else Intel has for us.