dict.cc API ... ish

dict.cc.rb

require 'open-uri'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'json'

def search word
	open("http://www.dict.cc/?s=#{word}").read
end

keyword = ARGV.count > 0 ? ARGV.join(" ") : "stein"

page = search(keyword)

english_words = JSON.parse("[#{page.match(/^var c1Arr = new Array\((?<list>.*)\);$/)[1]}]")

german_example = JSON.parse("[#{page.match(/^var c2Arr = new Array\((?<list>.*)\);$/)[1]}]")

puts JSON.pretty_generate(Hash[english_words.zip(german_example)])