ydcv in bash

ydcv.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# ydcv in bash using 'jq' to parse json
#


# Check argument
if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 word"
    exit 1
fi

# Fetch
API_URL="http://fanyi.youdao.com/openapi.do?keyfrom=YouDaoCV&key=659600698&type=data&doctype=json&version=1.1"
res=$( curl --silent --data-urlencode "q=$1" "${API_URL}" )

# Extract data from JSON response
translation=$( echo $res | jq ".translation" )
explains=$( echo $res | jq ".basic.explains" )
query=$( echo $res | jq -r ".query" )

# Display result
echo -e "\033[4m${query}\033[0m"

length=$( echo $explains | jq " . | length " )
(( length-- ))
for i in $(eval echo {0..$length});
do
    echo "  " $( echo $explains | jq -r ".[$i]" )
done

Sample output:

➜  ~  ./ydcv.sh private
private
   n. 列兵；二等兵
   adj. 私人的；私有的；私下的