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Merriam-Webster API from CLI.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import json
import re

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

def clean_text(text):
    text = re.sub(r'{[a-z]+}', '', text)
    text = re.sub(r'{/[a-z]+}', '', text)
    return text

try:
    while True:
        word = input("Enter a word: ")
        url = f"https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/collegiate/json/{word}?key={api_key}"
        response = requests.get(url)
        data = json.loads(response.text)
    
        if isinstance(data[0], dict):
            i = 1
            for entry in data:
                if 'shortdef' in entry and len(entry['shortdef']) > 0:
                    print(f"[{i}]")
                    print(f"{clean_text(entry['shortdef'][0])}")
                    if 'hwi' in entry and 'prs' in entry['hwi']:
                        print(f"IPA: /{entry['hwi']['prs'][0]['mw']}/")
                    if 'def' in entry:
                        usage_displayed = False
                        for sense in entry['def'][0]['sseq']:
                            if 'dt' in sense[0][1]:
                                for dt in sense[0][1]['dt']:
                                    if dt[0] == 'vis':
                                        if not usage_displayed:
                                            print("Usage:")
                                            usage_displayed = True
                                        for vis in dt[1]:
                                            print(f"- {clean_text(vis['t'])}")
                    print()
                    i += 1
        else:
            print("Did you mean:")
            for suggestion in data:
                print(f"- {suggestion}")
            print()
except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
    print('\nExiting...')