Thesaurus API

APIScripts/Thesaurus API/README.md

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+# Thesaurus API
+
+This Python program accesses Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Thesaurus API.
+
+Go to <https://dictionaryapi.com/> to learn more and obtain your own API key.
+
+The program also features a very simple GUI created with tkinter. It looks like this:
+
+![screenshot](ScreenshotThesaurus.png "Screenshot")

APIScripts/Thesaurus API/Thesaurus_with_GUI.py

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+# Access Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus API with GUI
+
+import requests
+from tkinter import *
+from tkinter import scrolledtext
+
+def look_up(look_me_up):
+ if look_me_up == '':
+ return 'Entry is blank!'
+ else:
+ my_API_key = 'insert your API key here'
+ endpoint = 'https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/thesaurus/json/' + look_me_up + '?key=' + my_API_key
+ response = requests.get(endpoint)
+
+ status_code = response.status_code
+ if status_code == 200:
+ return_str = ''
+ response_list = response.json()
+ entry_num = 0
+ for thes_entry_obj in response_list:
+ entry_num += 1
+ return_str = return_str + look_me_up + ': entry no. ' + str(entry_num) + '\n' + '\n'
+ try:
+ return_str = return_str + 'Part of speech: ' + thes_entry_obj['fl'] + '\n' + '\n'
+ except:
+ return_str = 'Word not found!'
+ break
+ else:
+ return_str = return_str + 'Definition: ' + thes_entry_obj['shortdef'][0] + '\n' + '\n'
+
+ syn_list = thes_entry_obj['meta']['syns'][0]
+ if len(syn_list) > 0:
+ return_str = return_str + 'Synonyms: ' + '\n'
+ for syn in syn_list:
+ return_str = return_str + ' ' * 4 + syn + '\n'
+ return_str = return_str + '\n'
+
+ if 'rel_list' in thes_entry_obj['def'][0]['sseq'][0][0][1]:
+ related_list = thes_entry_obj['def'][0]['sseq'][0][0][1]['rel_list'][0]
+ if len(related_list) > 0:
+ return_str = return_str + 'Other related words: ' + '\n'
+ for rw in related_list:
+ return_str = return_str + ' ' * 4 + rw['wd'] + '\n'
+
+ return_str = return_str + '----------------------------------------' + '\n'
+ return return_str
+ else:
+ return 'Request failed with status code: ' + str(status_code)
+
+def search():
+ look_me_up = entry.get() # Get what the user eneterd into the box
+ results = look_up(look_me_up) # Do the lookup with the API and return results
+ textw = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(main,width=70,height=30)
+ textw.grid(column=1, row=2,sticky=W)
+ textw.config(background="light grey", foreground="black",
+ font='times 18', wrap='word')
+ textw.insert(END, results)
+
+def quit():
+ main.destroy()
+
+main = Tk()
+main.title("Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus API")
+main.geometry('900x750')
+main.configure(background='ivory3')
+
+entry = StringVar()
+
+lblSearch = Label(main, text = 'Word to look up:').grid(row = 0, column = 0)
+entSearch = Entry(main, textvariable = entry, width = 25).grid(row = 0,
+ column = 1, sticky=W)
+btn = Button(main, text = 'Look it up!', bg='ivory2', width = 10,
+ command = search).grid(row = 0, column = 10, sticky=E)
+quit_btn = Button(main, text = 'Quit', bg='ivory2', width = 10, command = quit).grid(row = 3, column = 10, sticky=E)
+
+main.bind('<Return>', lambda event=None: search())
+main.mainloop()

APIScripts/Thesaurus API/requirements.txt

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+Requirements:
+
+- requests library
+- tkinter module
+- API key from www.dictionaryapi.com