Hello again,

I've spent a bit of time looking through the JavaScript documentation, PHP documentation, and the API documentation but haven't been able to get any kind of return data from the API. I started by trying to use the example Roan provided in JavaScript and learned a bit more about function usage in JavaScript, but I'm still getting nothing back from wiktionary. Could someone provide me with a simple, working example that actually returns a value?

I've tried a number of different things, including the get_file_contents in PHP (which did echo a barebone representation of the page I loaded), but I've reverted back to the example Roan provided. Again, I'm trying to get the definition for a dynamically submitted word. Any parse-able format with the definition would work fine.

Here's the example I've been working with. The function works in either script block and I have moved it around trying to get the callback to actually DO something. So far, nothing happens.

<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?format=json&callback=myFunc&action=opensearch&search=play">
function myFunc(str){
    document.write(str);
    document.write("Hrm");
}
</script>

<script type="text/javascript" >
    //myFunc("hello");
</script>
</body>
</html>

Thanks again,
Aaron.

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw@gmail.com> wrote:
2010/6/10 Aaron Ward <edugamer@gmail.com>:
> Alternatively, I was wondering if it might be possible to set my server up
> as a sort of proxy to go between Wiktionary and the Flash program. If I can
> use PHP, JavaScript, or HTML to query the WMF database and retrieve the
> desired definition, then I should be able to forward that information on to
> the game that requested it using my own cross-domain-policy.
>
This is probably the best solution.

Roan Kattouw (Catrope)

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