NAME WebService::MerriamWebster - use Merriam-Webster dictionary API in Perl SYNOPSIS use WebService::MerriamWebster; my $mw = WebService::MerriamWebster->new(dict => "collegiate", word => "$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 WebService::MerriamWebster 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 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