class Tr8n::Dictionary
Public Class Methods
load_definitions_for(words)
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# File lib/tr8n/dictionary.rb, line 30 def self.load_definitions_for(words) words = [words] unless words.is_a?(Array) definitions = {} words.each do |word| Net::HTTP.start("services.aonaware.com") do |http| response = http.get("/DictService/DictService.asmx/Define?word=#{word}") doc = REXML::Document.new(response.body) doc.elements.each('WordDefinition/Definitions/Definition') do |d| word = d.elements["Word"].text.downcase source = d.elements["Dictionary"].elements["Name"].text definition = d.elements["WordDefinition"].text definitions[word] ||= [] definitions[word] << {:source => source, :definition => definition} end end end definitions end