UD

ud.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys, requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from random import choice

def main(argv):
    if len(argv) < 2:
        sys.exit("Invalid argument(s)\nSyntax: [optional: -n [n definition/examples]] [search term]")
    if len(argv) > 3:
        if argv[1] == "-n":
            try:
                n = float(argv[2])
            except ValueError:
                sys.exit("Invalid number")
            else:
                term = ' '.join(argv[3:])
        else:
            n = -1
            term = ' '.join(argv[1:])
    else:
        n = -1
        term = ' '.join(argv[1:])

    show_term = False
    if term == "-r":
        page = requests.get("https://www.urbandictionary.com")
        soup = BeautifulSoup(page.content, "html5lib")
        term = choice(soup.find_all(class_ = "trending-link")).get_text()
        show_term = True

    try:
        page = requests.get("https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define", params = { "term" : term })
    except:
        sys.exit("Error getting data")
    if page.status_code != 200:
        sys.exit("Error getting data")

    # ud_items is the list definitions/examples
    ud_items = page.json()["list"]
    num_items = len(ud_items)
    if show_term: print('[' + term + "]\n")
    for num, item in enumerate(ud_items, start = 1):
        if n > -1 and num > n: break
        print(
            "[Definition {0}]:\n"
            '\n'
            "{1}\n"
            '\n'
            "[Example {0}]:\n"
            '\n'
            "{2}{3}"
            .format(num, item["definition"].strip(), item["example"].strip(),
                 '\n' if num < num_items else ''))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv)