slangslate

Slang Translation Using Urban Dictionary

slangslate.herokuapp.com

URL

GET /search/<yourqueryhere>

You can search multiple words by comma separating queries.

/search/<query1>,<query2>

POST /search

You can also POST to /search for longer messages. Expects a JSON object with a single key, message, whose value is the array of messages to be "translated". Returns a JSON object with a single key of messages and an array containing objects representing each message. Only slang words are defined.

Success Response:

GET

{
    "code": 0,
    "error": null,
    <query1>: {
        "results": [
            {"definition": "", "permalink": ""},
            {"definition": "", "permalink": ""}
        ]
    },
    <query2>: {
        "results": [
            {"definition": "", "permalink": ""}
        ]
    }
}

POST

{
    "messages": [
        {
            "code": 0,
            "error": null,
            "message": <input sentence>
        },
        {
            <slang word>: {
                "results": [
                    {
                        "definition": <first definition>,
                        "example": <first example>,
                        "permalink": <first link>
                    },
                    {
                        "definition": <second definition>,
                        "example": <second example>,
                        "permalink": <second link>
                    }
                ]
            },
            "code": 0
            "error" null
            "message": <input sentence>
        }
    ]
}

As a bonus, in the "message" field, if a word is identified as slang, it will be formatted to be highlighted if read into HTML, also with a class of highlight and an id of the identified word.

Error Response:

{
    "code": 69,
    "error": "something is wrong"
}

note: error text may actually differ

Sample Call:

http://slangslate.herokuapp.com/search/friend/ - GET Only

Notes:

Built With

• html
• javascript
• python