NAME

Net::MW::API - use Merriam-Webster dictionay API in Perl

SYNOPSIS

use Net::MW::API;
my $mw = Net::MW::API->new(dict => "collegiate", word => "$the-word-to-query", key => "$your-key-here");
my $xml = $mw->raw_xml;	 # a string
my $dom = $mw->dom; # XML::LibXML::Document
my @entries = $mw->entries(); # @entries is list of XML::LibXML::Element
my $audio_uri = $mw->audio_url;  # ex. http://media.merriam-webster.com/soundc11/t/test0001.wav

DESCRIPTION

Net::MW::API is an api to merriam-webster.com dictionary. It gives you xml result based on your query. it use XML::LibXML to process the XML result (very basic). If you need to get the value of specific node, probably you need to deal with the xml yourself.

Attributes

dict

	has 'dict' => (
    		is => 'rw',
    		isa => 'Str',
    		required => 1
	);

the dictionary you want to use

word

has 'word' => (
    is => 'rw',
    isa => 'Str',
    required => 1
);

the word to query

key has 'key' => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Str', required => 1 );

url

the query url based on $dict, $word, $key

reference: http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/$dic/xml/$word?key=$key

raw_xml

the xml you get based on your query

dom

the dom (XML::LibXML::Document) base on your query

Method

entries

the @entries of dom

audio_url

the audio url of the query word

AUTHOR

Hao Wu <echowuhao@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013- Hao Wu

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

XML::LibXML