# 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 ); ## ver has 'ver' => ( is => 'ro', isa => 'Str', default => sub { 1 }, ); version of api, v1, v2 ## 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](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::LibXML)