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what3words-tools
Advanced tools
This is an unofficial set of tools around what3words API.
Set up environment :
$ export W3W_API_KEY=<YOUR-W3W-API-KEY>
and for the whereis operation:
$ export GOOGLE_API_KEY=<YOUR-GOOGLE-API-KEY>
Install globally:
$ npm install -g what3words-tools
$ npm install what3words-tools
then access the CLI by adding the path : ./node_modules/.bin/
and API key can be added at the API level or as input parameters for CLI
$ what3words-tools languages
$ what3words-tools languages --w3w-key <YOUR-W3W-API-KEY>
$ what3words-tools geocode --addr index.home.raft
$ what3words-tools geocode --coords 51.521251,-0.203586
$ what3words-tools whereis --addr index.home.raft
$ what3words-tools whereis --addr index.home.raft --w3w-key <YOUR-W3W-API-KEY> --google-key <YOUR-GOOGLE-API-KEY>
TODO
see examples in samples folder
clone the repository
$ npm i
$ npm test
$ npm run coverage
report is available with :
$ open coverage/lcov-report/index.html
Anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute.
Find a bug or want to request a new feature? Please let me know by submitting an issue.
Licensed under the MIT License
A copy of the license is available in the repository's LICENSE file.
FAQs
This is an unofficial set of tools around what3words API.
We found that what3words-tools demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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