Britannica API Tool

[S-Makrod]

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Feature request

We would like to add a tool that integrates with the Britannica Encyclopedia API that can be found at https://encyclopaediaapi.com/. This would allow agents to interact with information contained in the Britannica API.

The tool would take a query from an agent, gather the relevant information from Britannica, format the information into a readable output, and return the result to the agent.

Motivation

Looking at current integrations we have noticed that the only current integration for encylopedias is Wikipedia. It would be great to expand on the integrations and Britannica would be solid addition as it is more curated than Wikipedia. It is reputable and well known, as a result it would provide another reliable source when searching for information

Proposal (If applicable)

We (a group of 4) are planning to make an addition to the tools contained in libs/community/langchain_community/tools and follow a similar structure to the existing tools. If this idea is approved we hope to submit a PR by early November

[S-Makrod]

Upon furthur inspection of the Britannica API we no longer think this is feasible as Britannica does not provide an easy way to search by key words