Abbot – “synonyms v1.0.0” by Serious Business

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<br /> # This skill requires an API key from Merriam Webster: https://dictionaryapi.com/products/api-collegiate-thesaurus<br /> # Put the key in a secret called “apikey” in order to use this skill.</p> <p>import requests</p> <p>subscription_key = bot.secrets.read(“apikey”)<br /> search_term = bot.arguments<br /> search_url = “https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/thesaurus/json/” + search_term + “?key=” + subscription_key<br /> response = requests.get(search_url)<br /> response.raise_for_status()<br /> search_results = response.json()</p> <p># Merriam Webster’s Thesaurus API returns two different data structures,<br /> # depending on the the results.<br /> # If it autocorrects the results, or can’t find an answer, it returns a vector of strings.<br /> # If it finds an exact match, it will return a dictionary with the results.<br /> if len(search_results) > 0:<br /> if type(search_results[0]) == str:<br /> bot.reply(“Did you mean `” + search_results[0] + “`?”)<br /> elif type(search_results[0]) == dict:<br /> meta = search_results[0].get(“meta”)<br /> syns = meta.get(“syns”)<br /> for syn in syns:<br /> bot.reply(“* ” + “, “.join(syn))<br /> else:<br /> bot.reply(“Couldn’t find any synonyms for `” + bot.arguments + “`.”)