merriam webster dictionary define

scripts/mw

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+#! /usr/bin/python3.7
+import requests
+import sys
+import textwrap
+
+# USE UR OWN API KEY
+API_KEY = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
+REQUEST_URI = "https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/collegiate/json/{word}?key={key}"
+
+def convert_italics(string):
+    # M-W returns etymology responses with italics in the 
+    # form {it}italic{/it}. This converts it to terminal-
+    # friendly markup.
+    new_open_tags = string.replace('{it}', '\033[3m')
+    new_close_tags = new_open_tags.replace('{/it}', '\033[00m\033[30m')
+    return new_close_tags
+
+def print_help():
+    print("""USAGE:
+
+    $ mw word
+
+    Where `word` is the word you want defined.
+    """)
+
+def print_suggestions(json):
+    print('Given word not found. Did you mean one of these?\n')
+    cols = 4
+    for idx, suggestion in enumerate(json):
+        if (idx + 1) % cols == 0:
+            print(suggestion)
+        else:
+            tab = '                     '
+            tab = tab[:20 - len(suggestion)]
+            print(suggestion + tab, end='')
+    print()
+
+def print_definition(json):
+    for case in range(len(json)):
+        word = json[case]['meta']['id']
+        try:
+            part_of_speech = json[case]['fl']
+        except KeyError:
+            part_of_speech = ""
+        syllables = json[case]['hwi']['hw']
+        try:
+            pronunciation = json[case]['hwi']['prs'][0]['mw']
+        except KeyError:
+            pronunciation = ""
+
+        print('\033[1m{word}\033[0m ({pos})'.format(word=word, pos=part_of_speech))
+        print('  {syllables} | {pronunciation}\n'.format(syllables=syllables, 
+            pronunciation=pronunciation))
+
+        for idx, shortdef in enumerate(json[case]['shortdef']):
+            print(str(idx + 1) + ". " + textwrap.fill(shortdef, subsequent_indent='   '))
+
+
+        try:
+            etymology = json[case]['et'][0][1]
+            print('\n')
+            print('HISTORY, ETYMOLOGY')
+            print(convert_italics(etymology))
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        print()
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print_help()
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if sys.argv[1] == '-h' or sys.argv[1] == '--help':
+    print_help()
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+word_to_define = sys.argv[1]
+
+definition_json = requests.get(REQUEST_URI.format(word=word_to_define, 
+    key=API_KEY)).json()
+
+if 'meta' not in definition_json[0]:
+    # Given word not in dict. Returned suggestions.
+    print_suggestions(definition_json)
+else:
+    print_definition(definition_json)
+