Howdoi

howdoi Plugin

howdoi provides instant coding answers from the command line. It scrapes Stack Overflow and returns concise answers with code examples.

Commands

Self

• howdoi self version — Print howdoi version
• howdoi self clear-cache — Clear the cached answers

Query

• howdoi query ask <question> [-n N] [-p POS] [-a] [-c] — Ask a question and get answers
• howdoi query json <question> [-n N] — Ask a question and get JSON answers

Passthrough

• howdoi _ _ <args> — Raw passthrough (--save, --view, --remove, --empty, etc.)

Usage Examples

• "howdoi format date in bash"
• "howdoi reverse a list in python with json"
• "howdoi parse json in javascript getting 3 answers"
• "howdoi clear cache"

Installation

pip install howdoi

Key Features

• Instant answers from Stack Overflow
• JSON output for machine readability (--json)
• Multiple answers at once (-n N)
• Colorized output (-c)
• Answer position selection (-p POS)
• Search engine selection (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo)
• Offline caching of answers
• Stash support for saving favorites

Options