CommandLine-WordOfTheDay

wotd.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Gives you Word of the Day with its meanings and partOfSpeech.
Uses Wordnik.
"""
import requests, time, json

api_key="YOUR_WORDNIK_API_KEY" #Get Here: http://developer.wordnik.com/
date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
wotd_url = "http://api.wordnik.com:80/v4/words.json/wordOfTheDay?date="+date+"&api_key="+api_key

wotd_req = requests.get(wotd_url)
wotd_json = json.loads(wotd_req.text)

wotd_word = wotd_json["word"]
print "Word of the Day: " + wotd_word

wotd_defs = wotd_json["definitions"]

for definition in wotd_defs:
    cur_def = definition["text"]
    cur_pos = definition["partOfSpeech"]
    print " - > Meaning: "+cur_def
    print " - > partOfSpeech: "+cur_pos

"""
Add the above code to a file and create an alias in your profile file
alias wotd="python ~/path/to/file/"
"""