py-urbandict is a client for urbandictionary.com.
Project page on github: https://github.com/novel/py-urbandict PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/urbandict/
Just run:
sudo setup.py install
To use it from command line, just use 'urbancli' tool like that:
$ urbandicli xterm
1. xterm
Godly creature, omnipotent, guru in every way imaginable.
Examples:
* I wish i was an xterm
$
Usage from Python:
$ python3.2
Python 3.2 (r32:88445, Feb 27 2011, 09:51:00)
[GCC 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD]] on freebsd8
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import urbandict
>>> urbandict.define('xterm')
[{'word': 'xterm', 'example': 'I wish i was an xterm', 'def': 'Godly creature, omnipotent, guru in every way imaginable.'}]
>>>
It returns list of defitinitions for a term. Each list item is a dict with the following keys:
- word -- the word itself
- def -- definition of the term
- example -- example of its usage (could be empty)