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Urban Dictionary API JSON formatting manipulation using perl
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| #!/usr/bin/env perl | |
| use strict; | |
| use warnings; | |
| use diagnostics; | |
| use v5.20.1; | |
| use Data::Dumper; | |
| use Mojo::URL; | |
| use Mojo::UserAgent; | |
| my %commands = ( | |
| ud => sub { # Search UrbanDictionary for terms | |
| my ($term) = $ARGV[0]; # change to @_ | |
| my $url = Mojo::URL->new( 'http://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define' ) | |
| ->query( term => $term ); | |
| my $tx = Mojo::UserAgent->new->get($url); | |
| if ( $tx->success ) { | |
| my $json = $tx->res->json; | |
| my $list = $json->{list}; | |
| my @defs = map { $_->{definition} } @$list; | |
| my $results = join " :: ", grep /\S/, map {split /\R/, $_ } @defs; | |
| say substr($results, 0, 509), '...'; | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| my $err = $tx->error; | |
| die "$err->{code} response: $err->{message}" if $err->{code}; | |
| die "Connection error: $err->{message}"; | |
| } | |
| }, | |
| ); | |
| $commands{ud}->(); | |
| :: OUTPUT :: | |
| pur'-el (n) 1. Computer programming language used mostly by male virgins, between the ages of 17 and 35, who are also well versed in the Lord Of The Rings stories. :: Pratical Extraction and Reporting Language. :: :: Perl is a script programming language that is similar in syntax to the C language and that includes a number of popular Unix facilities such as SED, awk, and tr. Perl is an interpreted language that can optionally be compiled just before execution into either C code or cross-platform bytec... |
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