A Simplified Google Dictionary API

Getting Started

To view the meaning of a specific word, enter the word at the root endpoint. GoogleDict API v2 now supports extended definitions on a given word.

GoogleDict v1

Eg. https://dict.niweera.gq/hello, will give you the Google dictionary definition of hello:

{
  "word": "hello",
  "definition": "used as a greeting or to begin a telephone conversation."
}

GoogleDict v2

Eg. https://dict.niweera.gq/v2/hello, will give you the Google dictionary definition of hello:

{
  "word": "hello",
  "definition": {
    "exclamation": ["used as a greeting or to begin a telephone conversation."],
    "noun": ["an utterance of ‘hello’; a greeting."],
    "verb": ["say or shout ‘hello’."]
  }
}

Paths

Location	Endpoint
v1 Root path	https://dict.niweera.gq/
v2 Root path	https://dict.niweera.gq/v2

HTTP request and query methods

Method	Endpoint	Query	Description	Examples
GET	/	{word}	Give JSON response with the definitions of the {word}.	hello
GET	/v2	{word}	Give JSON response with the definitions of the {word}.	hello

Invalid use of GoogleDict

Method	Endpoint	Query	Description	Examples
GET	/	{word anotherWord}	The API will only refer the first word given. All following words will be ignored. Please use only a single word in the query.	hell fire
GET	/v2	{word anotherWord}	The API will only refer the first word given. All following words will be ignored. Please use only a single word in the query.	hell fire

Related Projects

WordHunter

WordHunter application is under development. It provides possible words for given set of characters.

Meta

Nipuna Weerasekara – @Niweera – w.nipuna@gmail.com

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.

https://github.com/Niweera/googledict

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/Niweera/googledict/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Acknowledgement

Without the insights from this repo googleDictionaryAPI by meetDeveloper, the development of GoogleDict Dictionary API service would be impossible...