<filename>examples/dictionary/define.py
from __future__ import print_function
import dict
from pyxb.utils.six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen
import sys
from pyxb.utils import domutils

word = 'xml'
if 1 < len(sys.argv):
    word = sys.argv[1]

# Create a REST-style query to retrieve the information about this dictionary.
uri = 'http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/DictService.asmx/Define?word=%s' % (word,)
rxml = urlopen(uri).read()
resp = dict.CreateFromDOM(domutils.StringToDOM(rxml))

print('Definitions of %s:' % (resp.Word,))
for definition in resp.Definitions.Definition:
    print('From %s (%s):' % (definition.Dictionary.Name, definition.Dictionary.Id))
    print(definition.WordDefinition)
    print()
