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Comparing version 0.0.3 to 0.0.4

dictionary.js

@@ -22,15 +22,36 @@ //  Endpoints
 
-                //remove erroneous results (doodle != Yankee Doodle)
-                var entries = result.entry_list.entry;
-                for (var i=0; i<entries.length; i++){
-                    if (entries[i].ew == word) {
+                if (result.entry_list.entry != undefined) {
+                    var entries = result.entry_list.entry;
+                    for (var i=0; i<entries.length; i++){
 
-                        //construct a more digestable object
-                        results.push({
-                            partOfSpeech: entries[i].fl,
-                            definition: entries[i].def[0].dt
-                        });
+                        //remove erroneous results (doodle != Yankee Doodle)
+                        if (entries[i].ew == word) {
+
+                            //construct a more digestable object
+                            var definition = entries[i].def[0].dt;
+                            var partOfSpeech = entries[i].fl;
+                            switch (typeof definition) {
+                                case "object":
+                                    for (var i=0; i<definition.length; i++){
+                                        var definitionStr = "";
+                                        if (definition[i]["_"].length > 1) definitionStr += " "+definition[i]["_"];
+                                    }
+                                    definition = definitionStr;
+                                    break;
+                                case "string":
+                                default:
+                                    break;
+                            }
+                            results.push({
+                                partOfSpeech: partOfSpeech,
+                                definition: definition
+                            });
+                        }
                     }
+                    callback(null, results);
                 }
-                callback(null, results);
+                else if (result.entry_list.suggestion != undefined) {
+                    callback('suggestions', result.entry_list.suggestion);
+                }
+                
             }
@@ -47,3 +68,7 @@ else callback(error);
                     if (error === null) callback(null, result);
-                    else callback('XML Parsing error.');
+                    else if (response.statusCode != 200) console.log(response.statusCode);
+                    else {
+                        console.log(error);
+                        callback('XML Parsing error.');
+                    }
                 });
@@ -50,0 +75,0 @@ }

example.js

 //To run:
-//      $ node example.js [your-merriam-webster-api-key]
+//      $ node example.js [your-merriam-webster-api-key] [word]
 
@@ -12,3 +12,3 @@ var Dictionary = require('./dictionary'),
 //sample method
-dict.define('doodle', function(error, result){
+dict.define(process.argv[3], function(error, result){
 	if (error == null) {
@@ -19,5 +19,18 @@ for(var i=0; i<result.length; i++){
 			console.log('Definitions: '+result[i].definition);
+			console.log(result[i].definition)
 		}
 	}
+	else if (error === "suggestions"){
+		console.log(process.argv[3] + ' not found in dictionary. Possible suggestions:');
+		for (var i=0; i<result.length; i++){
+			console.log(result[i]);
+		}
+	}
 	else console.log(error);
 });
+
+
+//test words
+// charlatan
+// patutukis
+// doodle

package.json

@@ -5,3 +5,3 @@ {
   "description": "Simple wrapper for the Merriam-Webster dictionary API found at dictionaryapi.com",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "version": "0.0.4",
   "keywords": [
@@ -8,0 +8,0 @@ "dictionary",

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