This script allows us to extract definitions of a word from the WordNik dictionary.
Definitions of the word with the parts-of-speech of the word specified can also be obtained.
Requirement:
Wordnik API key. This can be obtained by registering at Wordnik.com
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# !/usr/bin/python2.7 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Thu Jul 24, 2014 @author: Vasanthi Vuppuluri Last Modified on: August 4, 2014 """ """ PURPOSE: -------- - To obtain definitions from online dictionaries using Wordnik API - In this case, definitions are from https://www.wordnik.com/ - Requirements: wordnik module is to be installed first, sudo pip install wordnik API_Key for can be obtained after registering at wordnik.com - Can extract definitions when POS is specified FUNCTIONS: ---------- - There are multiple functions in this script: 1. wordnik_def(word, POS, debug): When parts-of-speech of the word is specified 2. wordnik_def_no_POS(word, debug): When there is no POS tag and definitions are to be obtained """ from wordnik import * import os, nltk def wordnik_def(word, POS, debug): apiUrl = 'http://api.wordnik.com/v4' apiKey = '' # API key should go here client = swagger.ApiClient(apiKey, apiUrl) wordApi = WordApi.WordApi(client) word = word POS = POS debug = debug try: definitions = wordApi.getDefinitions(word, partOfSpeech=POS, limit=10) list_of_definitions = [] # To store definitions as elements of a list deinition = definitions[0].text ascii_text = '' ascii_text = ascii_text + ''.join(i for i in deinition if ord(i) < 128) # Removing ascii characters from definitions obtained list_of_definitions.append(ascii_text) if (debug == '--debug'): print "Definitions from WordNik dictionary: ", list_of_definitions if (len(list_of_definitions) == 0): return 0 else: return list_of_definitions except Exception, e: print "Exception raised in Wordnik!!\n", e return 0 def wordnik_def_no_POS(word, debug): apiUrl = 'http://api.wordnik.com/v4' apiKey = '' # API key should go here client = swagger.ApiClient(apiKey, apiUrl) wordApi = WordApi.WordApi(client) word = word debug = debug try: definitions = wordApi.getDefinitions(word, limit=10) list_of_definitions = [] # To store definitions as elements of a list list_of_definitions.append(definitions[0].text) if (debug == '--debug'): print "Definitions from WordNik dictionary: ",list_of_definitions if (len(list_of_definitions) == 0): return 0 else: return list_of_definitions except Exception, e: print "Exception raised in Wordnik!!\n", e return 0 |
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