class Lyracyst::Wordnik::Pronounce

Fetches pronunciations from Wordnik. Types include ['ahd' 'arpabet', 'gcide-diacritical', 'IPA']

Public Instance Methods

get_pro(search, params, ptype) click to toggle source

@param search [String] The word or phrase to search for. @param params [Hash] The search parameters to use. @param ptype [String] Pronunciation type.

# File lib/lyracyst/wordnik/pronounce.rb, line 12
def get_pro(search, params, ptype)
  func, result = 'pronunciations', nil
  if ptype != nil then params[:tformat] = ptype; end
  pron = Lyracyst::Wordnik.new
  result = pron.get_word(search, func, params, result)
  result = MultiJson.load(result)
  if result != nil
    type = { 'type' => 'pronunciation' }
    st = { 'searchterm' => search }
    Lyracyst.tofile(st)
    Lyracyst.tofile(type)
    e = Lyracyst::Wordnik::Pronounce.new
    e.pro_extra(result)
  else
    puts 'Wordnik failed to fetch word info.'
  end
end
pro_extra(result) click to toggle source

Extra repetitive tasks.

@param result [Array] List of hashes to process.

# File lib/lyracyst/wordnik/pronounce.rb, line 32
def pro_extra(result)
  x, y, label = 0, result.length - 1, 'Pronunciation'
  while x <= y
    pro = result[x]
    rawtype = pro['rawType']
    raw = pro['raw']
    Lyracyst.label(label)
    puts "#{raw}|#{rawtype}|"
    pronunciation = { 'pronunciation' => raw }
    ptype = { 'ptype' => rawtype }
    Lyracyst.tofile(pronunciation)
    Lyracyst.tofile(ptype)
    x += 1
  end
end