Look up English words from Merriam Learner's Dictionary

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• #42SmartBlock zz_Merriam

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    <%NOBLOCKOUTPUT%><%JAVASCRIPTASYNC:
    ```javascript
    // Default to the page title
    var wordToLookUp = encodeURIComponent(prompt('Enter word to lookup.',document.title));
    // Get your API from https://dictionaryapi.com/register/index
    var apiKey = 'Your API'

  var url = "https://dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/learners/json/" + wordToLookUp + "/?key="+apiKey; var dicUrl = "https://learnersdictionary.com/definition/" + wordToLookUp var audio = "https://media.merriam-webster.com/audio/prons/en/us/mp3/" var responseText = $.ajax({url:url, type:"GET", async:false,}).responseText; var data = JSON.parse(responseText);

  for(idx in data) { var shortDef = data[idx].meta["app-shortdef"] var ipa = "na" if (data[idx].hwi["prs"] != undefined){ var prs = data[idx].hwi["prs"] ipa = prs[0].ipa

  if (prs[0].sound != undefined){
    var sound = prs[0].sound["audio"]
    var file = sound + ".mp3"
    var subDir = sound[0] + "/"
    var audioPath = audio + subDir + file
    var embed = "{{audio: " + audioPath + "}}"
  }

  } // Print the speech of word along with ipa pronunciation await roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.outputAdditionalBlock( shortDef["fl"] + " | / " + ipa + " / " );

  // Print URL of Merriam Learner's dictionary await roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.outputAdditionalBlock(dicUrl);

  // Definition of the word await roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.outputAdditionalBlock(shortDef["def"]);

  // Embed audio for the word if (prs[0].sound != undefined){ await roam42.smartBlocks.activeWorkflow.outputAdditionalBlock(embed); }

  // Fetch only the first record
  break; } return '';``` %>

📋 Describe the SmartBlock

Look up English words from Merriam Learner's dictionary. Page title is the default word to look up . It extracts 5 information from the dictionary.

1. Speech of word
2. IPA Pronunciation
3. URL to dictionary
4. Definition
5. Audio Pronunciation

✅ Describe any prerequisites or dependencies that are required for this SmartBlock

API Key from Merriam Dictionary is required and the same can be obtained from https://dictionaryapi.com/register/index. There are multiple API Keys and this code works for "Learners Dictionary".

📷 Screenshot of your #42SmartBlock workflow/template from Roam

💡 Additional Info

[gijigae]

Updated the code to accommodate the changes made in Roam42 (2020-12-19b,Grogu).