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Fetch definition/meaning of words from dictionary.com and urbandictionary


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webdict

Fetch definition/meaning of words from dictionary.com and urbandictionary.com

Build Status MITlicensed

Install

npm install --save webdict

Usage

const webdict = require('webdict');
webdict('dictionary', 'broken')
  .then(response => {
  console.log(response);
  /*
  {
    statusCode: '200',
    message: 'success',
    type: 'verb',
    definition: [
      'past participle of break.',
      'reduced to fragments; fragmented.',
      'ruptured; torn; fractured.'
    ],
    source: 'http://dictionary.com'
  }
  */
});
webdict('urbandictionary', 'hello')
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response);
    /*
    {
      statusCode: '200',
      message: 'success',
      type: 'Unknown',
      definition: [
        'what you say when your talking casually with friends and your mom walks in the room',
        'The only word on this site that has nothing to do with [sex] or [drugs]!',
        '1.  A greeting\r\n2.  A for of incredulity'
      ],
      source: 'http://urbandictionary.com'
    }
    */
  });

webdict('urbandictionary', 'thisworddoesnotexistinanydictionary')
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response);
    /*
    {
      statusCode: 403,
      message: 'check the spelling again'
    }
    */
  });

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Package last updated on 23 Jul 2018

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