On 03/30/2010 06:54 PM, Jeff Computers wrote:
Actually this API looks so easy, I don't think I need an a code example. All I need is the GET url with api.php and an example that would get the first dictionary definition for something like 'Turtle' For example, it should return something like this:
A land or marine reptile having a protective shell (made up of acarapace and a plastron) enclosing its body.
Wiktionary doesn't have a detailed API (yet), you can get the page source using a GET request to
http://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvpro...
Or, for just one page to:
http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?action=raw&title=turtle
Note that the page is not "Turtle", Wiktionary is case sensitive.
Once you have the page, the definition lines (and only the definition lines) start with a #, so they're pretty easy to find.
I don't know of any VB clients, but there's some in C# at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_code#.NET
Conrad