Wolfram Alpha
WolframAlpha is an answer engine developed by
Wolfram Research
. It answers factual queries by computing answers from externally sourced data.
This page covers how to use the Wolfram Alpha API
within LangChain.
Installation and Setupβ
- Install requirements with
pip install wolframalpha
- Go to wolfram alpha and sign up for a developer account here
- Create an app and get your
APP ID
- Set your APP ID as an environment variable
WOLFRAM_ALPHA_APPID
Wrappersβ
Utilityβ
There exists a WolframAlphaAPIWrapper utility which wraps this API. To import this utility:
from langchain_community.utilities.wolfram_alpha import WolframAlphaAPIWrapper
API Reference:
For a more detailed walkthrough of this wrapper, see this notebook.
Toolβ
You can also easily load this wrapper as a Tool (to use with an Agent). You can do this with:
from langchain.agents import load_tools
tools = load_tools(["wolfram-alpha"])
API Reference:
For more information on tools, see this page.