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29 lines
859 B
Python
29 lines
859 B
Python
import urllib
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from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
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import random
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def define(word):
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defs = []
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url = 'http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%s' % word
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soup = BeautifulSoup(urllib.urlopen(url).read(), 'html.parser')
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head = soup.find('div', id='headword')
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if head:
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for p in head.find_all('p'):
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defs.append(p.text.encode('ascii', 'ignore'))
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return defs
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key = open("/home/krowbar/.secret/key").readline().rstrip()
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def defWord(word, short = True):
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defs = []
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url = 'http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/collegiate/xml/%s?key=%s' % (word, key)
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soup = BeautifulSoup(urllib.urlopen(url).read(), 'html5lib')
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entry = soup.find('entry')
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if entry:
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for d in entry.find_all('dt'):
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defs.append(d.text.encode('ascii', 'ignore'))
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if short:
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return ' '.join(defs)
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else:
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return defs
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