Wiktionary API

cell0.js

let word = "cat"

let endpoint = 'https://en.wiktionary.org/api/rest_v1/page/definition'
let filter = new RegExp('< *\\/? *[a-z]+ *( [a-z]+="[^<>"]+" *)* *\\/? *>', 'ig')

let url = `${endpoint}/${word}`
let resObj =  await fetch(url, {orgin:'test'})
let res = await resObj.json()

function cleanString(str) {
    return str.replaceAll(filter, '').replaceAll('&nbsp;', ' ')
}

let output = ''
for (let meaning of res.en) {
    output += meaning.partOfSpeech
    for (let definition of meaning.definitions) {
        if (definition.definition) {
            let filteredDefinition = cleanString(definition.definition)
        	output += `\n- ${filteredDefinition}`
            if (definition.examples) {
            	for (let example of definition.examples) {
            	    let filteredExample = cleanString(example)
        		    output += `\n    "${filteredExample}"`
            	}
            }
        }
    }
    output += '\n\n'
}
output

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Wiktionary API

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