NAME
WebService::MerriamWebster - use Merriam-Webster dictionary API in Perl
SYNOPSIS
use WebService::MerriamWebster;
my $mw = WebService::MerriamWebster->new(dict => "collegiate", word => "$the-word-to-query", key => "$your-key-here");
my $xml = $mw->raw_xml; # a string
my $dom = $mw->dom; # XML::LibXML::Document
my @entries = $mw->entries(); # @entries is list of XML::LibXML::Element
my $audio_uri = $mw->audio_url; # ex. http://media.merriam-webster.com/soundc11/t/test0001.wav
DESCRIPTION
WebService::MerriamWebster is an api to merriam-webster.com dictionary. It gives you xml result based on your query. it use XML::LibXML to process the XML result (very basic). If you need to get the value of specific node, probably you need to deal with the xml yourself.
Attributes
dict
has 'dict' => (
is => 'rw',
isa => 'Str',
required => 1
);
the dictionary you want to use
word
has 'word' => (
is => 'rw',
isa => 'Str',
required => 1
);
the word to query
key
has 'key' => (
is => 'ro',
isa => 'Str',
required => 1
);
ver
has 'ver' => (
is => 'ro',
isa => 'Str',
default => sub { 1 },
);
version of api, v1, v2
url
the query url based on $dict, $word, $key
reference: http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/$dic/xml/$word?key=$key
raw_xml
the xml you get based on your query
dom
the dom (XML::LibXML::Document) base on your query
Method
entries
the @entries of dom
audio_url
the audio url of the query word
AUTHOR
Hao Wu echowuhao@gmail.com
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2013- Hao Wu
LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.