Class: Camdict::Client

Inherits:
HTTP::Client
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/camdict/client.rb

Overview

The client downloads all the useful data about a word or phrase from remote Cambridge dictionaries, but not includes the extended data. For example, when the word “mind” is searched, the exactly matched entry is downloaded. However, other related entries like “turn of mind” & “open mind” are not included.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(dict = nil) ⇒ Client

Default dictionary is British english. Other possible dict values: english-chinese-simplified, learner-english, essential-british-english, essential-american-english, etc.



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# File 'lib/camdict/client.rb', line 19

def initialize(dict = nil)
  @dictionary = dict || 'english'
end

Instance Attribute Details

#dictionary ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute dictionary.



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# File 'lib/camdict/client.rb', line 14

def dictionary
  @dictionary
end

Instance Method Details

#get_htmldef(url) ⇒ Object

Get a word html definition page by its entry url.



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# File 'lib/camdict/client.rb', line 36

def get_htmldef(url)
  di_extracted get_html(url)
end

#html_definition(word) ⇒ Object

Get a word’s html definition from the web dictionary. The returned result could be an empty string when nothing is found, or its html definition



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# File 'lib/camdict/client.rb', line 26

def html_definition(word)
  html = fetch(word)
  if html
    di_extracted(html)
  else
    search(word)
  end
end

#search_url(word) ⇒ Object

search a word with this URL



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# File 'lib/camdict/client.rb', line 41

def search_url(word)
  "#{host}/search/#{@dictionary}/?q=#{word}"
end

#word_url(word) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/camdict/client.rb', line 45

def word_url(word)
  "#{host}/dictionary/#{@dictionary}/#{encode(word).downcase}"
end