TheWordsAPI is a free English-English dictionary API developed for educational purposes.
https://github.com/imshawan/theWords-Frontend
Important Note: Only dummy database (100 entries each) is provided with this source code, please prepare your own database for deployment purposes.
npm testnpm install && npm starthttps://the-words.herokuapp.com/api/v2/definitions/en-US/entries/
https://the-words.herokuapp.com/api/v2/audio/en-US/entries/
Using Curl:
curl https://the-words.herokuapp.com/api/v2/definitions/en-US/entries/hello
-H "Accept: application/json"
Using Python
URL = f"https://the-words.herokuapp.com/api/v2/definitions/en-US/entries/hello"
HEADERS={'Accept': 'application/json'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.text)Response:
{
"id": 27833,
"word": "hello",
"meanings": [
{
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"definition": "An utterance of “hello”; a greeting.",
"synonyms": [
"greeting",
"welcome",
"salutation",
"saluting",
"hailing",
"address",
"hello",
"hallo"
],
"example": "she was getting polite nods and hellos from people"
}
]
},
{
"partOfSpeech": "intransitive verb",
"definitions": [
{
"definition": "Say or shout “hello”; greet someone.",
"example": "I pressed the phone button and helloed"
}
]
},
{
"partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
"definitions": [
{
"definition": "Used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation.",
"example": "hello there, Katie!"
}
]
}
]
}
Using Curl:
curl https://the-words.herokuapp.com/api/v2/audio/en-US/entries/hello
-H "Accept: application/json"
Using Python
URL = f"https://the-words.herokuapp.com/api/v2/audio/en-US/entries/hello"
HEADERS={'Accept': 'application/json'}
response = requests.get(URL, headers=HEADERS)
print(response.text)Response:
{
"id": 22998,
"word": "hello",
"contents": [
{
"pronunciation": "he-loh, huh-, hel-oh",
"audio": "https://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/H01/H0178500.ogg"
}
]
}
After signing up on Heroku, create a new app, and proceed to download Heroku CLI
heroku login -i
heroku builds:create -a <name_of_your_app>Copyright (c) 2021 Shawan Mandal.
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