Simple lookup addon for Anki.

goolookup.py

# coding: utf-8

"""
Simple addon to quickly lookup words in online Japanese thesaurus (jp-jp).
By default goo.ne.jp (国語 and 類語) is used.

Author: Artiom Basenko <demi.log@gmail.com>
License: The MIT License (MIT)
NB: One may easily change goo.ne.jp to something else.

"""

# Stdlib
import urllib

# Anki
from aqt.qt import *
from aqt.webview import AnkiWebView
from anki.hooks import addHook

# Qt
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtCore import *


class Goo:
	"""goo.ne.jp lookuper
	May lookup either definition or synonym.
	"""

	# Lookup options
	BASE_URL = 'http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/'
	MEANING_URL = 'jn/%s/m0u/'
	SYNONYM_URL = 'thsrs/%s/m1u/'

	def get_selected(self, view):
		"""Copy selected text"""
		return view.page().selectedText()

	def lookup_selected(self, view, url):
		"""Open default browser and lookup selected item"""
		url = QUrl.fromEncoded(self.BASE_URL + url % 
			urllib.quote(
				self.get_selected(view).encode('utf8', 'ignore')))

		QDesktopServices.openUrl(url)

	def add_action(self, view, menu, action, url):
		"""Add 'lookup' action to context menu"""
		action = menu.addAction(action)
		action.connect(action, SIGNAL('triggered()'),
			lambda view=view: self.lookup_selected(view, url))

	def lookup_meaning_action(self, view, menu):
		"""Lookup meaning action"""
		self.add_action(view, menu,
			u'「%s」の意味' % self.get_selected(view)[:10],
			self.MEANING_URL)

	def lookup_synonym_action(self, view, menu):
		"""Lookup synonym action"""
		self.add_action(view, menu,
			u'「%s」の類義語' % self.get_selected(view)[:10],
			self.SYNONYM_URL)


# Add lookup actions to context menu
goo = Goo()
addHook("AnkiWebView.contextMenuEvent", goo.lookup_meaning_action)
addHook("AnkiWebView.contextMenuEvent", goo.lookup_synonym_action)