How to retrieve Wiktionary word content?

Question

How may Wiktionary\'s API be used to determine whether or not a word exists?

Answer 1

If you are using Python, you can use WiktionaryParser by Suyash Behera.

You can install it by

sudo pip install wiktionaryparser

Example usage:

>>> from wiktionaryparser import WiktionaryParser
>>> parser = WiktionaryParser()
>>> word = parser.fetch('test')
>>> another_word = parser.fetch('test', 'french')
>>> parser.set_default_language('french')