def get_definitions(self, term):
# if ' ' in term:
# Won't work so hot at this time, return an error
# return 'Only single words are supported right now.'
logging.info('Searching dictionary.com for term: %s', term)
try:
result = urllib2.urlopen(
self.DICTIONARY_URI_TEMPLATE.format(urllib2.quote(term)))
dat_soup = get_soup(result)
definitions = get_definitions(
dat_soup, self.DICTIONARY_DOT_COM_DEFINITIONS_CLASS)
if not definitions:
raise NoDefinitionFoundError
word_difficulty = get_difficulty_index(dat_soup)
word_type = get_word_type(dat_soup)
return self._format_response(term, definitions, word_difficulty,
word_type)
except (NoDefinitionFoundError, urllib2.URLError) as ue:
if ue.code == 404:
return 'Can\'t find anything for *{}*!'.format(term)
# We don't know (read: haven't implemented) what went wrong, return something generic.
return 'Something went wrong with the request.'
def get_definitions(self, term):
# if ' ' in term:
# Won't work so hot at this time, return an error
# return 'Only single words are supported right now.'
logging.info('Searching dictionary.com for term: %s', term)
try:
result = urllib2.urlopen(self.DICTIONARY_URI_TEMPLATE.format(urllib2.quote(term)))
dat_soup = get_soup(result)
definitions = get_definitions(dat_soup, self.DICTIONARY_DOT_COM_DEFINITIONS_CLASS)
if not definitions:
raise NoDefinitionFoundError
word_difficulty = get_difficulty_index(dat_soup)
word_type = get_word_type(dat_soup)
return self._format_response(term, definitions, word_difficulty, word_type)
except (NoDefinitionFoundError, urllib2.URLError) as ue:
if ue.code == 404:
return 'Can\'t find anything for *{}*!'.format(term)
# We don't know (read: haven't implemented) what went wrong, return something generic.
return 'Something went wrong with the request.'
