Fallback to shortDefinition if definition isn't available.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/oedquery.sh b/oedquery.sh
index 239d2cf..49f0bfa 100755
--- a/oedquery.sh
+++ b/oedquery.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ _define() {
   for json in $(echo "${result}" | jq -r '.results[].lexicalEntries[] | @base64')
   do
     output="$output $(_jq '.lexicalCategory.text'): "
-    output="$output $(_jq '.entries[0].senses[0].definitions[0]') "
+    #output="$output $(_jq '.entries[0].senses[0].definitions[0]') "
+    # Sometimes there's no definition and so we can fall back to shortDefinition
+    definition=$(_jq '.entries[0].senses[0].definitions[0]')
+    if [[ -z $defintion ]]
+    then
+      definition=$(_jq '.entries[0].senses[0].shortDefinitions[0]')
+    fi
+    output="$output $definition "
     examplePhrase=$(_jq '.entries[0].senses[0].examples[0].text')
     if [[ "$examplePhrase" != "null" ]]
     then