stenson/-Nik

Javascript wrapper for Wordnik api

-NIK...

Is a javascript wrapper for the wordnik api, built w/ jQuery

really just kind of a syntax-niceifier.

very much not really ready for use, initial stages

• cool things:
  • automatic batching
  • functional, or object-oriented
  • only uses jQuery for ajax-in, so you can map to another library's ajax function with Nik.ajaxTranslate(function(params){ /* your mapping */ })

to use:

include a jquery (recent), then do it when-ya need it.

  $(function(){
      Nik.bootWith({
          api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
          useLocalStorage: true
      });
     
     // functional style
     Nik.Word.definitions("channel cat",{
        sourceDictionary: "wordnet"
        callback: function(data) {
           console.log(data);
        }
     });
     // or (there is a default console.log callback)
     Nik.Word.examples("banshee");
     
     // OO-style
     var word = new Nik.Word("painlore");
     word.definitions({
        callback: function(definitions) {
           console.log(data);
        }
     });
     
     // same goes for all the standard wordnik methods (for now!)
  });