lib/lyracyst/wordnik/word.rb
# coding: utf-8
%w{httpi multi_json multi_xml rainbow}.map { |lib| require lib }
module Lyracyst
# Wordnik.com's service provides definitions, examples,
# related words, pronunciations, hyphenation, phrases,
# and etymologies.
class Wordnik
# Fetches dynamically generated URL. Functions are definitions,
# examples, relatedWords, pronunciations, hyphenation, phrases,
# and etymologies.
#
# @param search [String] The word or phrase to search for.
# @param func [String] The search function to use.
# @param params [Hash] The search parameters to use.
# @param result [String] The search response.
def get_word(search, func, params, result)
prefix = 'http://api.wordnik.com:80/v4/word.json/'
word, pcont = "#{prefix}#{search}/#{func}?", []
params.map { |k, v|
if k == :canon then pcont.push "useCanonical=#{v}&"; end
if k == :incdups then pcont.push "includeDuplicates=#{v}&"; end
if k == :increl then pcont.push "includeRelated=#{v}&"; end
if k == :inctags then pcont.push "includeTags=#{v}&"; end
if k == :limit then pcont.push "limit=#{v}&"; end
if k == :part then pcont.push "partOfSpeech=#{v}&"; end
if k == :rellimit then pcont.push "limitPerRelationshipType=#{v}&"; end
if k == :reltypes then pcont.push "relationshipTypes=#{v}&"; end
if k == :skip then pcont.push "skip=#{v}&"; end
if k == :source then pcont.push "sourceDictionary=#{v}&"; end
if k == :defdict then pcont.push "sourceDictionaries=#{v}&"; end
if k == :tformat then pcont.push "typeFormat=#{v}&"; end
if k == :wlmi then pcont.push "wlmi=#{v}&"; end
}
apikey = ENV['WORDNIK']
pcont.push "api_key=#{apikey}"
url = "#{word}#{pcont.join}"
request = HTTPI::Request.new(url)
getter = HTTPI.get(request)
result = getter.body
end
end
end