Access Oxford Dictionary using your CLI. Search for English word Synonyms, Actonyms, Examples, and Definitions right from your CLI. For fun, play a guessing game as well.

git clone https://github.com/thebiryaniboy/words-cli.git YOUR_PROJECT_NAME

First create a developer account with Oxford Dictionary. Generate APP_ID and APP_KEY. Set APP_ID and APP_KEY to process env.

From UNIX

export APP_ID='YOUR_ID'
export APP_KEY='YOUR_KEY'

From WINDOWS

SET APP_ID='YOUR_ID'
SET APP_KEY='YOUR_KEY'

From POWERSHELL

$env:APP_ID='YOUR_ID'
$env:APP_KEY='YOUR_KEY'

You search for Antonyms, Synonyms, Examples and Definitions from Oxford Dictionary

'Search for Antonyms'

node app -a WORD
node app --ant WORD

'Search for Synonyms'

node app -s WORD
node app --syn WORD 

'Search for Examples'

node app -e WORD
node app --ex WORD

'Search for Definitions'

node app -d WORD
node app --def WORD

'Search for Every thing'

node app -f WORD
node app --dict WORD

Free version of the API do not have word of the day option. So cheerio has been used to scrap from Webster. If scrape fails a random word will be selected from the collection and displayed.

node app -w
node app --word

node app -p
node app --play 

1. You will start with a Synonym hint.
2. You can only enter String of alphabets.
3. Input Will be refined to lowercase before processing
4. On every wrong answer, A new Hint will be displayed

MIT