Get the french definition of a word

get-definition.js

import {load} from 'cheerio';

const getDefinition = async (word) => {
	const url = `https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/${word}`;
	// fetch with Node 18+ (or use Axios)
	const response = await fetch(url);
	const html = await response.text();

	const $ = load(html);

	// Get the first definition of the word
	const contentSelector = '#mw-content-text ol li';

	// Usage of the word in a sentence are either in <UL /> ou <OL />
	// So I remove them
	$(`${contentSelector} ul`).remove();
	$(`${contentSelector} ol`).remove();

	const content = $(contentSelector).eq(0).text();

	return content;
};

export default getDefinition;

// Example: not needed for the module to work
// const start = async () => {
// 	const definition = await getDefinition('informatique');
// 	console.log({definition});
// 	// { definition : "Science du traitement automatique de l’information.\n" }
// };
// start();