Get Word of the Day from dictionary.com https://imgur.com/a/YicwTP6

get_wotd.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import urllib3

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from os import path

class bcolors:
    HEADER = '\033[95m'
    CYAN = '\033[36m'
    BLUE = '\033[34m'
    OKBLUE = '\033[94m'
    OKGREEN = '\033[92m'
    WARNING = '\033[93m'
    FAIL = '\033[91m'
    ENDC = '\033[0m'
    BOLD = '\033[1m'
    UNDERLINE = '\033[4m'
    ITALIC = '\033[3m'
    DIM = '\033[2m'

http = urllib3.PoolManager()
try:
    page_url = "https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/"
    page = http.request('GET', page_url).data
    soup = BeautifulSoup(page, "html.parser")
    wotd_div = soup.find("div", class_="wotd-item-headword")
    wotd_word = wotd_div.find("div", class_="wotd-item-headword__word").find("h1").text
    wotd_pos_blocks = wotd_div.find("div", class_="wotd-item-headword__pos").find_all("p")
    wotd_type = wotd_pos_blocks[0].find("span", class_="luna-pos").text
    wotd_explanation = wotd_pos_blocks[1].text
    wotd_pronunciation = wotd_div.find("div", class_="wotd-item-headword__pronunciation").find("div").text.strip()

    line1 = f"{bcolors.CYAN}{bcolors.BOLD}{wotd_word}{bcolors.ENDC} {wotd_pronunciation}: {bcolors.DIM}{bcolors.ITALIC}{wotd_type}{bcolors.ENDC}"
    line2 = f"{wotd_explanation}"

    with open(path.join(path.expanduser("~"), ".wotd"), "w") as f:
        f.write(f" {line1}\n {line2}\n")

except Exception as e: # Word of the day stays the same if something fails, e.g. no internet
    print("failed to get word of the day: ", e)
    pass

Updated for 'urllib3' on Python 3