Wiktionary API

function.min.js

async function define(e,n){let i=new RegExp('< *\\/? *[a-z]+ *( [a-z]+="[^<>"]+" *)* *\\/? *>',"ig");function t(e){return e.replaceAll(i,"").replaceAll("&nbsp;"," ")}let f="https://en.wiktionary.org/api/rest_v1/page/definition/"+e,a=await fetch(f),o=await a.json(),r="";for(let e of o[n]){r+=e.partOfSpeech;for(let n of e.definitions)if(n.definition){if(r+="\n- "+t(n.definition),n.examples)for(let e of n.examples){r+=`\n    "${t(e)}"`}}r+="\n\n"}return r.trim()}

inline.js

let word = 'define' ///++Word input++
let lang = 'en'

let endpoint = 'https://en.wiktionary.org/api/rest_v1/page/definition' ///Wiktionary endpoint\\Docs: ++https://en.wiktionary.org/api/rest\_v1/#/Page%20content/get\_page\_definition\_\_term\_++
let filter = new RegExp('< *\\/? *[a-z]+ *( [a-z]+="[^<>"]+" *)* *\\/? *>', 'ig') ///Filter to clean out html
function cleanString(str) { ///Function to clean string with filter and remove &nbsp;
    return str.replaceAll(filter, '').replaceAll('&nbsp;', ' ')
}


let url = `${endpoint}/${word}` ///Url to fetch
let resObj =  await fetch(url) ///Fetch url
let res = await resObj.json() ///Convert to JSON

let output = ''
for (let meaning of res[lang]) { ///Repeat over meanings
    output += meaning.partOfSpeech ///Add part of speech
    for (let definition of meaning.definitions) { ///Repeat over definitions
        if (definition.definition) {
            let filteredDefinition = cleanString(definition.definition) ///Clean and add definition string
        	output += `\n- ${filteredDefinition}` 
            if (definition.examples) {
            	for (let example of definition.examples) { ///Repeat over examples
            	    let filteredExample = cleanString(example) ///Filter and add example
        		    output += `\n    "${filteredExample}"`
            	}
            }
        }
    }
    output += '\n\n' ///Add newlines
}
output = output.trim() ///Trim output

console.log(output)
output

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Wiktionary API

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