pycross.utils.onlineservices.MWDict Class Reference

Interface for Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionary. More...

Inheritance diagram for pycross.utils.onlineservices.MWDict:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__ (self, settings, timeout=5000)
def	prepare_request_url (self, word)
	Constructs the search URL given a search word. More...
def	get_short_defs (self, word, exact_match=True, partsofspeech=None, bad_pos='UNKNOWN')
	Returns the abridged definition for the given entry. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from pycross.utils.onlineservices.OnlineDictionary
def	__init__ (self, settings, url_template='', timeout=5000)
def	get_definitions (self, word, method='json')
	Returns full definitions for 'word' in JSON (python object) or raw text format. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Public Attributes inherited from pycross.utils.onlineservices.OnlineDictionary
	url
	str‘ search URL template with placeholders (’{}') for parameters More...
	timeout
	int network request timeout (in msec.) More...
	settings
	dict stored pointer to app global settings More...

Detailed Description

Interface for Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionary.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__init__()

def pycross.utils.onlineservices.MWDict.__init__	(		self,
			settings,
			timeout = 5000
	)

Member Function Documentation

get_short_defs()

def pycross.utils.onlineservices.MWDict.get_short_defs	(		self,
			word,
			exact_match = True,
			partsofspeech = None,
			bad_pos = 'UNKNOWN'
	)

Returns the abridged definition for the given entry.

Parameters

word	str the word query
exact_match	bool if True, only defitions for the exact word given by word will be returned
partsofspeech	list|tuple parts of speech to get definitions for (None = all available)
bad_pos	str substitution for part of speech if unavailable

Returns

list list of short definitions in the format:

[('word', 'part of speech', [list of defs], 'url'), ...]

Reimplemented from pycross.utils.onlineservices.OnlineDictionary.

prepare_request_url()

def pycross.utils.onlineservices.MWDict.prepare_request_url	(		self,
			word
	)

Constructs the search URL given a search word.

Parameters

word	str search word

Returns

str prepared search URL

Reimplemented from pycross.utils.onlineservices.OnlineDictionary.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• pycross/utils/onlineservices.py