urbandict

go-urbandict

go-urbandict is a Go library for accessing the Urban Dictionary REST API.

Get

Fetch and build go-urbandict:

go get github.com/davidscholberg/go-urbandict

Library overview

func Trending() ([]string, error)
func Define(term string) (*Definition, error)
func Random() (*Definition, error)
func WordOfTheDay() (*Definition, error)
func DefineRaw(term string) (*DefinitionResponse, error)
func RandomRaw() (*DefinitionResponse, error)
type Definition struct { ... }
type DefinitionResponse struct { ... }

NOTE: The Trending and WordOfTheDay functions scrape Urban Dictionary's website since these features do not appear to be exposed in their REST API.

Usage

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	urbandict "github.com/davidscholberg/go-urbandict"
)

func main () {
	// get top definition of "1337"
	def, err := urbandict.Define("1337")
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Printf("JSON representation of \"1337\" definition:\n%s\n\n", def)
	fmt.Printf("Accessing individual elements:\ndef: %s\nexample: %s\n\n",
		def.Definition,
		def.Example)

	// get the word of the day
	def, err = urbandict.WordOfTheDay()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Printf("JSON representation of the word of the day:\n%s\n\n", def)

	// get a random definition
	def, err = urbandict.Random()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Printf("JSON representation of random definition:\n%s\n\n", def)

	// get trending words
	trending, err := urbandict.Trending()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Printf("Trending words: %v\n\n", trending)

	// get raw response object for a search query
	defRaw, err := urbandict.DefineRaw("w00t")
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Printf("JSON representation of raw response to \"w00t\" query:\n%s\n\n",
		defRaw)

	// get raw response object for random word query
	defRaw, err = urbandict.RandomRaw()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
		return
	}
	fmt.Printf("JSON representation of raw response to random query:\n%s\n\n",
		defRaw)
}