wikidparse

Fast and lightweight parser for Wikitionary pages

Wikitionary endpoint : https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php

How to use

1. Install the package

npm install wikidparse

2. Import the parser in your code

import parsePage from 'wikidparse'

3. Pass fetched html page to parsePage function

parsePage(`html-string`)

Example

import parsePage from 'wikidparse'
import fetch from 'node-fetch'

const ENDPOINT = 'https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse&format=json&prop=text&page=';
const WORD = 'cat';
let URL = ENDPOINT + WORD;

fetch(URL)
.then(response=>response.json())
.then(responseInJson=>{
  let html = responseInJson.parse.text['*'];
  let output = parsePage(html);
})

JSON Output (truncated)

{
  "English": {
    "Etymology 1": {
      "Alternative forms": {},
      "Noun": {
        "1": {
          "1": "A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. ",
          "2": "Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.",
          "type": "An animal of the family Felidae:"
        },
        "2": "(uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.",
        "3": {
          "1": "(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman. ",
          "2": "An enthusiast or player of jazz.",
          "3": "(slang) A person (usually male).",
          "4": "(slang) A prostitute. ",
          "type": "A person:"
        },
        "4": "(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.",
        "5": "(chiefly nautical) Short for cat-o'-nine-tails.",
        "6": "(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in \"catboat\").",
        "7": {
          "1": "(archaic, countable) The trap in that game.",
          "type": "(archaic, uncountable) The game of trap ball."
        },
        "8": "(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat."
      }
    }
  }
}

Future updates

1. Support for parse from non-api wikitionary pages like : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cat
2. Parse media files
3. CommonJS module support