Struct etym::Etymology

pub struct Etymology {
    pub word: String,
    pub label: String,
    pub etymology: String,
}

An etymology as retrieved from EtymOnline.com.

Fields

word: String

The search term used for looking up an entry.

label: String

Container for the word, along with its part of speech, from the entry.

etymology: String

The entry as retrieved from EtymOnline.com. Currently this content is formatted for terminal output, including bold and italics.

Implementations

impl Etymology

pub fn new(word: &str) -> Result<Self>

Performs a lookup via EtymOnline.com for the given word. Fallible, as it can fail via network error, or simply not find an entry. Error types are non-specific for simplicity’s sake.

pub fn beautify(etym_html: &str) -> Result<String>

Substitute HTML formatting for italics with terminal escape codes. Does NOT intelligently determine whether terminal is interactive.

pub fn extract_etymology_html(raw_html: &str) -> Result<String>

From raw HTML results of query, excise just the first definition found.

pub fn extract_word_name(raw_html: &str) -> Result<String>

Extract the entry name, e.g. Viking (n.)