py-urbandict is a client for urbandictionary.com.
Project page on github: https://github.com/novel/py-urbandict PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/urbandict/
Just run:
sudo setup.py install
To use it from command line, just use 'urbancli' tool like that:
$ urbandicli xterm 1. xterm Godly creature, omnipotent, guru in every way imaginable. Examples: * I wish i was an xterm $ Usage from Python:
$ python3.2 Python 3.2 (r32:88445, Feb 27 2011, 09:51:00) [GCC 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD]] on freebsd8 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import urbandict >>> urbandict.define('xterm') [{'word': 'xterm', 'example': 'I wish i was an xterm', 'def': 'Godly creature, omnipotent, guru in every way imaginable.'}] >>> It returns list of defitinitions for a term. Each list item is a dict with the following keys:
- word -- the word itself
- def -- definition of the term
- example -- example of its usage (could be empty)