import curses import requests import json app_id = "4a8fca56" app_key = "85885b5929e5b14402e75fcb4898d7f5" language = "en-us" def defnsyn(w): url = r"https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v2/entries/" + language + "/" + w.lower() r=requests.get(url, headers={"app_id": app_id, "app_key": app_key}) if r.status_code != 200: return None, None res = r.json() s1 = res["results"][0]["lexicalEntries"] lexicalCategories = [] synonyms = [] defn = "" if len(s1) > 1: for i in range(len(s1)): lexicalCategories.append(s1[i]["lexicalCategory"]['id']) if "verb" in lexicalCategories: baseindex = s1[lexicalCategories.index("verb")]['entries'][0]['senses'][0] defn = (baseindex['shortDefinitions'][0]) if "synonyms" in baseindex: no = 3 if len(baseindex["synonyms"]) > 3 else len(baseindex["synonyms"]) while no: synonyms.append(baseindex["synonyms"][no]["text"]) no -= 1 synonyms.reverse() elif "noun" in lexicalCategories: baseindex = s1[lexicalCategories.index("noun")]['entries'][0]['senses'][0] defn = (baseindex['shortDefinitions'][0]) if "synonyms" in baseindex: no = 3 if len(baseindex["synonyms"]) > 3 else len(baseindex["synonyms"]) while no: synonyms.append(baseindex["synonyms"][no]["text"]) no -= 1 synonyms.reverse() else: baseindex = s1[0]['entries'][0]['senses'][0] defn = (baseindex['shortDefinitions'][0]) if "synonyms" in baseindex: no = 3 if len(baseindex["synonyms"]) > 3 else len(baseindex["synonyms"]) while no: synonyms.append(baseindex["synonyms"][no]["text"]) no -= 1 synonyms.reverse() else: baseindex = s1[0]['entries'][0]['senses'][0] defn = (baseindex['shortDefinitions'][0]) if "synonyms" in baseindex: no = 3 if len(baseindex["synonyms"]) > 3 else len(baseindex["synonyms"]) while no: synonyms.append(baseindex["synonyms"][no]["text"]) no -= 1 synonyms.reverse() return defn, synonyms