alanly/picnik

A modern, Composer and PSR-4 compatible PHP library for interfacing with the Wordnik API.

Picnik

, _(*1)

Picnik is a simple PHP client for the Wordnik API, that is Composer and PSR-4 compatible., _(*2)

Its only dependencies are the GuzzleHttp client and PHP >= 5.4., _(*3)

API Coverage

The initial goal is to support the word selection of methods., _(*4)

Currently, the /word.json/{word} and /word.json/{word}/definitions API methods are implemented., _(*5)

Usage

In order to use the client, you will first need to obtain an API key from Wordnik., _(*6)

The client is pretty simple to use,, _(*7)

$client = new Picnik\Client;
$client->setApiKey('foobar');

$definitions = $client->wordDefinitions('cat')
                      ->limit(1)
                      ->includeRelated(false)
                      ->useCanonical(true)
                      ->get();

var_dump( count($definitions) );
// int(1)

var_dump( $definitions[0]->text )
// string(189) "A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus)
// domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet
// and existing in several distinctive breeds and varieties."

License

This library is released under the MIT license. For details, you can refer to the full license document., _(*8)