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We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking "continue" or continue using our website, you accept the use of cookies. You can change the setting of cookies at any time Continue Find out more Open Menu documentation GET STARTED V2 SWAGGER DOCS MIGRATION GUIDE LANGUAGES support Blog Updates Contact Us Faq Forum OUR DATA Sign in Get your API Key documentation support Blog Updates Contact Us Faq Forum Get your API Key Enhance your app with our world-renowned dictionary data. Get your API Key Dictionaries World-renowned monolingual and bilingual dictionary data LexiStats Corpus derived statistical data Community Support from a Forum , Webinars , and Blog Enter a word to test the API Send Enter a word above to see the API in action … Definition Example sentence Corpus frequency Normalized frequency = GET YOUR API KEY! Python Java Ruby Node # for more information on how to install requests # http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/install/#install import requests import json # TODO: replace with your own app_id and app_key app_id = '<my app_id>' app_key = '<my app_key>' language = 'en' word_id = 'Ace' url = 'https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v2/entries/' + language + '/' + word_id.lower() #url Normalized frequency urlFR = 'https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v2/stats/frequency/word/' + language + '/?corpus=nmc&lemma=' + word_id.lower() r = requests.get(url, headers = { 'app_id' : app_id, 'app_key' : app_key}) print( "code {}\n" .format(r.status_code)) print( "text \n" + r.text) print( "json \n" + json.dumps(r.json())) import org.json.simple.JSONArray; import org.json.simple.JSONObject; import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser; import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.URL; import java.rmi.RemoteException; import java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject; // Created by ahmedengu. public class Oxford extends UnicastRemoteObject implements OxfordInterface { protected Oxford() throws RemoteException{ } public String dictionary( String word){ JSONParser parser= new JSONParser(); String ret= "404" try { final String result= getRequest(buildURL(word)); final Object parse=parser.parse(result); catch (Exception e){ System.out.println(e); } return ret } private String buildURL( final String word ){ final String language= "en"; final String word_id= word.toLowerCase(); return "https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v2/entries/" + language + "/" + word_id; } // Created url Normalized frequency private String buildURLFrequency( final String word ){ final String language= "en"; final String word_id= word.toLowerCase(); return "https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v2/stats/frequency/word/" + language + "/?corpus=nmc&lemma=" + word_id; } private String getRequest( String link ){ final String app_id= "my_app_id" final String app_key= "my_app_key" try { URL url= new URL(link) HttpsURLConnection urlConnection=(HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection(); urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json"); urlConnection.setRequestProperty("app_id", app_id); urlConnection.setRequestProperty("app_key", app_key); // read the output from the server BufferedReader reader=new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream())); StringBuilder stringBuilder= new StringBuilder(); String= null while ((line=reader.readLine()) !=null){ stringBuilder.append(line + "\n"); } return stringBuilder.toString(); } catch (Exeption e){ e.printStackTrace(); return e.toString(); } } } require 'net/https' require 'httparty' # gem install httpparty response = nil word = 'small' uri = URI('https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v2/entries/en-gb/' + word) use_ssl = true http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port) http.use_ssl = use_ssl http.start do |http| req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri) req['app_id'] = 'YOURAPPID' req['app_key'] = 'YOURAPPKEY' req['Accept'] = 'application/json' response = http.request(req) resp = response.body puts resp end var Dictionary = require("oxford-dictionary-api"); var app_id = "your oxford-account app id" ; var app_key = "your oxford-account app key" ; var dict = new Dictionary(app_id, app_key) ; dict.find("ace",function(error,data){if(error) return console.log(error); console.log(data); }); -- Find out what we can do for you… Oxford Dictionaries is at the forefront of lexical research and our products will help you succeed whether you are building a game, learning application, or next-generation speech and text technology Get your API Key What's possible with our dictionary data? Games Enhance word games with approved wordlists and definition lookups Bots and AI Accurate, structured data and large corpora help solve many language problems Learning Audio, examples and synonyms are just some data types that can help learners Research Trusted, deep content for academic research, often for free! More than 500 companies already trust Oxford Dictionaries... Pricing Prototype Perfect for getting started 1000 requests per month Limited data access Limited request rate Get started Developer Access to all data and functionality No usage cap Tiered discounts 1-10k @ £0.002 10-100k @ £0.001 100k+ @ £0.0005 Prices shown per request No caching ‘Powered by Oxford’ branding Get started ENTERPRISE Bespoke pricing based on requirements Caching and offline usage XML and JSON data licensing Branding options Contact If you are conducting lexical research affiliated with an academic institution, you can apply for non-commercial research access to the API. 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