xkcd
A simple xkcd API.
download from npm
npm: xkcd
npm install xkcd --save
examples
var xkcd = ; // Get the current xkcd; // Get a specific xkcd;
response data example
month: "5" num: 1369 link: "" year: "2014" news: "" safe_title: "TMI" transcript: "" alt: "'TMI' he whispered, gazing into the sea." img: "http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tmi.png" title: "TMI" day: "16"
fields
alt
(String) Img alt textday
(String) The day # as a stringimg
(URL) Img URLlink
(String) External links (may be empty)month
(String) Month number as a stringnews
(String) Newsnum
(int) Idsafe_title
(String) Safe titletitle
(String) Titletranscript
(String) Transcriptyear
(String) Year
command line
This module can also be installed as a command line utility.
Global Installation
npm install -g xkcd
Usage
Usage: xkcd <command>
xkcd open latest xkcd
xkcd latest open latest xkcd
xkcd <num> open xkcd by number
xkcd help display this page
notes
- xkcd 404 throws an error since there is no comic for this id.