#!/usr/bin/env bash word=${1:-$(xclip -o -selection primary 2>/dev/null || wl-paste 2>/dev/null)} # Check for empty word or special characters [[ -z "$word" || "$word" =~ [\/] ]] && notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#bf616a -t 3000 "Invalid input." && exit 0 query=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en_US/$word") # Check for connection error (curl exit status stored in $?) [ $? -ne 0 ] && notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#bf616a -t 3000 "Connection error." && exit 1 # Check for invalid word response [[ "$query" == *"No Definitions Found"* ]] && notify-send -h string:bgcolor:#bf616a -t 3000 "Invalid word." && exit 0 # Show only first 3 definitions def=$(echo "$query" | jq -r '[.[].meanings[] | {pos: .partOfSpeech, def: .definitions[].definition}] | .[:3].[] | "\n\(.pos). \(.def)"') # Requires a notification daemon to be installed notify-send -t 60000 "$word -" "$def" ### MORE OPTIONS :) # Show first definition for each part of speech (thanks @morgengabe1 on youtube) # def=$(echo "$query" | jq -r '.[0].meanings[] | "\(.partOfSpeech): \(.definitions[0].definition)\n"') # Show all definitions # def=$(echo "$query" | jq -r '.[].meanings[] | "\n\(.partOfSpeech). \(.definitions[].definition)"') # Regex + rg for just definition, if anyone prefers that to jq # def=$(rg -Po '"definition":"\K(.*?)(?=")' <<< "$query") # bold=$(tput bold) # Print text bold with echo, for visual clarity # normal=$(tput sgr0) # Reset text to normal # echo "${bold}Definition of $word" # echo "${normal}$def"