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/** | |
* Get the word meaning of a word. | |
* | |
* @param {String} word for which the meaning needs to fetched. | |
* @return {String} meaning of the word | |
*/ | |
function WORDMEANING(word) { | |
word = encodeURI(word); | |
var options = { muteHttpExceptions: true } | |
try{ | |
const key = "YOUR_API_KEY" //auth key obtained from sources like Merriam Webster | |
const endpoint = "https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/collegiate/json/" //API end point URL | |
const url = endpoint + word + "?key=" + key //create the actual url for the 3rd Party API endpoint | |
const response = UrlFetchApp.fetch( url, options); //make request | |
Logger.log(response); //log it just in case | |
//parse the response and get the word meaning out from the response accordingly based on the 3rd party format | |
// I am using Merriam Webster so, I have extracted the result accordingly | |
const w = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()); | |
Logger.log(w); | |
const {shortdef} = w[0] | |
const result = shortdef.map(def => `"${def}"\n` ).join(' ') | |
Logger.log(result) | |
//retrun the final result string | |
return result | |
}catch(err){ | |
// incase any exception occurs check the console | |
Logger.log(err); | |
return "Some Error Occurred. Check AppScript Executions" | |
} | |
} |
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