syn_no_key.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse
import json
import requests
import sys

BASE_URL = 'http://thesaurus.altervista.org/thesaurus/v1'
KEY = ''


def main(args):

    if (args.language == 'en'):
        lang = 'en_US'
    elif (args.language == 'de'):
        lang = 'de_DE'
    else:
        print('No valid language provided!')
        sys.exit(1)
    params = {'key': KEY, 'language': lang, 'word': args.word,
              'output': 'json'}
    syn_req = requests.get(BASE_URL, params=params)
    if (syn_req.status_code == 200):
        syns = json.loads(syn_req.text)['response']
        for entry in syns:
            syn = entry['list']
            print('* Category: {}'.format(syn['category'].replace('(', '')
                                                         .replace(')', '')
                                                         .title()))
            print('* Synonyms: ')
            print('\t==> {}\n'.format(syn['synonyms']
                                      .replace('|', '\n\t==> ')))
    else:
        print('No Results found')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-l', '--language', nargs='?', const='en',
                        default='en', type=str, help="Language of word")
    parser.add_argument('word', help='Word to search synonyms for')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(args)