Script series 3

Ello again time for day 3

Today’s script will be dictionary scripts using curl to get the meaning of words:

The first 2 scripts uses dict.org to look up words

dict1() {
    curl -s dict://dict.org/d:$1
}

dict1m() {
    curl -s dict://dict.org/m:$1
}

Lastly this one is special using an API that responds using JSON and then uses jq to extract the meanings it also has error handling for words that don’t have found definitions :D

dict2() {
    local response=$(curl -s "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en_US/$1")

    # Check if the response is a JSON array (indicating valid results)
    if ! echo "$response" | jq -e 'type == "array"' > /dev/null; then
        echo "No definitions found or invalid word: '$1'."
        return 1
    fi

    # Extract and format the meanings
    echo "$response" | jq -r '.[].meanings[] | "\(.partOfSpeech): \(.definitions[].definition)\n"'
}