#!/bin/bash read word word=$(echo $word | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') appId= key= language=en-gb lemmasUrl=https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com/api/v2/lemmas/$language/$word OPTS='--silent -L -H "app_id: $appId" -H "app_key: $key"' # get lemmas to link an inflected form back to its headword (required to get definition) result=$(eval curl $OPTS $lemmasUrl) ret=$? if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ] then echo "cURL error $ret when fetching." exit fi headWord=$(echo $result | jq '.results[0].lexicalEntries[0].inflectionOf[0].id') if [ "$headWord" == "null" ] then echo "Word not found." exit fi entriesUrl=https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com/api/v2/entries/$language/$headWord # get definition of headword result=$(eval curl $OPTS $entriesUrl) ret=$? if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ] then echo "cURL error $ret when fetching." exit fi definition=$(echo $result | jq '.results[0].lexicalEntries[0].entries[].senses[0].definitions') echo $definition