Create Google dictionary API

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Open up API for Google Dictionary.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by lisba...@gmail.com on 1 May 2008 at 6:21

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Original comment by internal...@gmail.com on 1 May 2008 at 6:33

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I would like to see a dictionary API. We have long awaited its delivery and 
Google by
far is doing 80-90% of the functionality we are looking for.

When will this be available?

Original comment by pinc...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2008 at 2:48

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Hoping for the dictionary API soon so I don't have to pay one the of the 
dictionary
publishing commercial licensing fees to use there dictionary on my FREE site....

Original comment by devthep...@yahoo.com on 24 Jul 2008 at 4:14

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Hi, from France, it sould be the next major google priority if they want to 
grow.
i'm not a good developper, but a linguist user... i've a business plan for this 
hard
work. ( not word by word translation wich is unusable) and the way to correct 
this
translation is not well implemented yet in google. google has to federate the 
users
being able to do this job, and give them special status and label.
Sentences are very Country & culture specifics.
Technical,oral, slang, need consideration.

Original comment by FrenchAl...@gmail.com on 25 Jul 2008 at 8:16

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This would be indispensable to me. Highest recommendation.

Original comment by dougvanderweide on 26 Jul 2008 at 1:24

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yes please .. That would be great

Original comment by o9ooli...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2008 at 12:17

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Yes please

Original comment by jacob.nordfalk on 13 Aug 2008 at 4:21

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There are APIs for Google Maps and basic word translation.  Why not for 
Dictionary 
support?  This would be a very valuable feature for our online training tool.

Original comment by tled...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2008 at 8:51

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We are waiting this feature!

Original comment by shvechi...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2008 at 2:06

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Add me to the list, we could really do with this feature :)

Original comment by mikedigi...@gmail.com on 9 Sep 2008 at 2:40

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we need it.and please add more languages. 

Original comment by akxucker@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2008 at 3:05

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Pleeeeeease!

Original comment by miguel.c...@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2008 at 11:38

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We are waiting for dictionary API.

Original comment by cabtrac...@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2008 at 7:26

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I'd be very keen to retrieve web definitions too (i.e. as for the "define:" 
keyword).
My application is a web interface that helps people identify plants. The 
descriptions
have a lot of technical terms and it'd be very useful to get definitions that
complement images.

Original comment by ELubar...@gmail.com on 10 Oct 2008 at 2:37

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Me too! :-)
What I'd like to do is create a simple application -- maybe a bookmarklet -- 
that
acts as an aid for reading text in a second language. It shows a web page with
rollover pop-ups, much like Google Translate, but with the "from" and "to" 
languages
reversed: the web page is displayed in the original ("from") language, and only 
shows
translations when you hover the mouse over a word (or selected phrase).
This is very valuable when you are learning a second language, and you have a 
basic
reading knowledge but need help with vocabulary every now and then.
The Google Translate API could be used for phrases, but a dictionary API would 
be
useful for individual words, especially when the translation is off-base.

Original comment by hutt...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2008 at 3:17

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I can't believe there isn't a dictionary api!  It would be great to have...

Original comment by mrwigg...@gmail.com on 17 Oct 2008 at 9:11

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yeah! please Google! DO IT!

Original comment by julian.h...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2008 at 10:54

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that api is very necessarily

Original comment by Rafael.f...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2008 at 8:06

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Please!

Original comment by oksure on 30 Nov 2008 at 2:44

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Please make an official api! It's impossible to obtain machine readable 
electronic
bilingual dictionaries :[

Original comment by josePhoe...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2008 at 6:51

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Please! :)

Original comment by Vlastimil.Holer on 11 Dec 2008 at 7:13

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YES!!!!

Original comment by clas...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2008 at 6:46

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yes please lets have an api for this as it what i have been looking for.

Original comment by mocox2...@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2008 at 10:29

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May be this will help: rosita.googlecode.com

It's like a dictionary and memorizing exercises generator (flashcards), that 
fetches
google dictionary in a rough way (html scraping).

Some works must be done to improve it, but it already works in most parts.

Thanks. ciao.

Tony.

Original comment by ton...@gmail.com on 25 Dec 2008 at 9:09

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Tony, 
Unfortunately scraping is not legal. 
Possible legal alternatives  is like using dictd client (dict.org ) by ex. this
http://aspnetresources.com/tools/dictionary.aspx

But anyway Google Dictionary API will be great to have !

Original comment by Oleksii....@gmail.com on 25 Dec 2008 at 9:54

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Please. Please. Please.
I need it!!!!!

Original comment by gyu...@gmail.com on 3 Jan 2009 at 6:48

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me to.
Please. Please. Please.

Original comment by spletnis...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2009 at 8:11

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i want this too

Original comment by helpmep...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2009 at 1:33

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me too. :-]

That would be great / useful.

Original comment by anarc...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2009 at 2:31

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Access to the Google dictionary would be a useful addition to the API. I would 
also like to see pronunciation with 
the Chinese character side of the translation.

Original comment by jg.wint...@gmail.com on 21 Feb 2009 at 5:01

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Even being able to get grammatical information about individual words 
(identifying
parts of speech) would be amazing for a language learning appengine app I'm 
working on.

Original comment by srMata...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2009 at 6:49

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Oh yes, I would love to have this as well pretty please.

Original comment by gourneau on 2 Mar 2009 at 1:56

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Please, we need this badly.

Original comment by movalabs@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2009 at 8:13

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I wait for Google dictionary API too.

Original comment by shamsie...@gmail.com on 15 Mar 2009 at 3:08

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I need it too!

Original comment by kurama.y...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2009 at 5:55

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I vote for it. 

Original comment by mikeso...@gmail.com on 18 Mar 2009 at 1:46

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Yes please, we need it. Thz!

Original comment by jpherr...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2009 at 3:26

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It would be a awesome API, please do it

Original comment by zbis...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2009 at 12:09

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Holla.

Original comment by o%shanee...@gtempaccount.com on 27 Mar 2009 at 2:59

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It would be very useful!

Original comment by manzoni....@gmail.com on 1 Apr 2009 at 11:53

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Yes, please. It is very useful for mobile applications. 

Original comment by a18...@gmail.com on 2 Apr 2009 at 9:12

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Yes please, it would be great.

Original comment by soji...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2009 at 2:57

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Please, open up API for Google Dictionary. :)

Original comment by Zhiz...@gmail.com on 9 Apr 2009 at 1:58

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I'm adding my name to the petitions

Original comment by mgao4...@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2009 at 8:08

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I want it, please~

Original comment by myxbe...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2009 at 1:11

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Would be great.

Original comment by hielsc...@gmail.com on 22 Apr 2009 at 10:15

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Yes, this feature would be great!

Original comment by norech...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2009 at 1:47

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This would be very useful.

Original comment by cpu.gen...@gmail.com on 5 May 2009 at 12:04

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It would be very helpful for me!

Original comment by Aive...@gmail.com on 26 May 2009 at 12:09

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I was planning to do some html scraping from different sources.  I'd prefer API 
to 
that.

Original comment by iben...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2009 at 5:52