/awesome-console-services

A curated list of awesome console services (reachable via HTTP, HTTPS and other network protocols)

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awesome-console-services

Awesome

A curated list of awesome console services (reachable via HTTP, HTTPS and other network protocols). Structured data of the list (kept in sync) is in structured.yaml.

IP address

inline

  • curl l2.io/ip
  • curl echoip.de
  • curl ifconfig.me
  • curl ipecho.net/plain
  • curl -L ident.me #API
  • curl -L canihazip.com/s
  • curl -L tnx.nl/ip
  • curl wgetip.com
  • curl whatismyip.akamai.com
  • curl ip.tyk.nu
  • curl bot.whatismyipaddress.com
  • curl curlmyip.net

new line

  • curl eth0.me
  • curl ipaddr.site
  • curl ifconfig.co
  • curl ifconfig.pro
  • curl curlmyip.net
  • curl ipinfo.io/ip
  • curl icanhazip.com
  • curl checkip.amazonaws.com

JSON only

  • curl httpbin.org/ip
  • curl wtfismyip.com/json

Geolocation

  • curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8 or curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8/loc
  • curl ifconfig.co/country or curl ifconfig.co/city or curl ifconfig.co/country-iso or http ifconfig.co/json

Text Sharing

  • echo "Hello world!" | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io
  • echo "Hello world!" | curl -F file=@- 0x0.st
  • echo "Hello world!" | curl -F 'clbin=<-' https://clbin.com
  • echo "Hello world!" | nc termbin.com 9999

URL shortener

  • curl -s http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.google.com

File Transfer

  • curl --upload-file <file> transfer.sh/<filename>

Browser

  • ssh brow.sh

Tools

  • curl qrenco.de/STRING or echo STRING | curl -F-=\<- qrenco.de — create QR-code for a string (chubin/qrenco.de)

Monitoring

  • curl ping.gg

Weather

  • curl wttr.in or curl wttr.in/Berlin - the right way to check the weather
  • finger oslo@graph.no

News

  • curl getnews.tech/world+cup - fetch the latest news
  • gopher txtn.ws
  • ssh redditbox.us — Reddit in terminal (ssh + text browser)

Information boards

  • curl http://frcl.de/gulasch - Gulaschprogrammiernacht 2019 Fahrplan

Map

  • telnet mapscii.me - show a zoomable world map

Money

  • curl rate.sx - get cryptocurrencies exchange rates
  • curl moneroj.org - get Monero exchange rate
  • curl cmc.rjldev.com - get coinmarketcap top 100 cryptocurrencies

Documentation

  • curl cheat.sh - UNIX/Linux commands cheat sheets using curl (chubin/cheat.sh)

Dictionaries and translators

  • curl 'dict://dict.org/d:command line'

Generators

  • git commit -m $(curl -sk https://whatthecommit.com/index.txt) — generate random commit message
  • curl -H 'Accept: text/plain' foaas.com/cool/:from — fuck off as a service
  • curl pseudorandom.name — generate a pseudo random (American?) name (treyhunner/pseudorandom.name)
  • curl -s https://uinames.com/api/?region=france\&amount=25 | jq '.[] | .name +" " + .surname' — generate 25 random french names
  • curl https://icanhazdadjoke.com — random jokes

Entertainment

  • nc towel.blinkenlights.nl 23 — watch StarWars in terminal
  • ssh chat.shazow.net — chat over SSH (shazow/ssh-chat)
  • curl parrot.live — display an animated party parrot (hugomd/parrot.live)
  • curl byemck.atulr.com — display animated goodbye message for colleagues (master-atul/byemck)
  • ssh sshtron.zachlatta.com ~> snake game; play with AWSD keys

Scripts

Useful scripts, that can be run with just one line of code, but where, still local still execution is necessary.

  • curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -

Clients

At least on of the clients, that you need to access these services, is installed in almost every UNIX/Linux system.