How does this work?

[ghost]

hi, I would like to make a os x menubar app which will allow user to listen to wikipedia minus the visualization. I don't know how this works. Can you explain to me the parts I would need to implement?

Thanks.

[mahmoud]

Sure, so this is the Listen to Wikipedia web frontend. Applications outside the web can subscribe directly to our websockets, using the websocket library for your stack. If you check the source, you'll see the addresses here. For understanding the format of messages¸ you can use our json stream viewer here: http://alpha.hatnote.com/wikimon-test/index.html

Does that help?

[ghost]

@mahmoud thank you so much! I should be able to do this :)

[utdrmac]

@sindhus I want your menubar app when it's done. 👍