WordsAPI
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How HN took it
9 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Fast responses and useful data
From 2 comments
It is blazing fast for me. I see from another response that this is a Node.js app but perhaps caching might also explain how fast this is. Also, today I have learned that jazz…
las_cases on HNThank you. I was looking for an API only yesterday, and didn't find any that is as good as this one. Even the Princeton University one didn't fit into my workflow, because it is…
abhididdigi on HN
Good service, useful for developers
From 3 comments
Looks great!
pseudometa on HNGreat service
dested on HNNice! It seems to be quite useful.
gosukiwi on HN
Objections
Missing stemming so inflected words like walked or windmills return empty results
From 2 comments
Hmm, what about word stemming? I looked up "windmills" and got an empty result set.
zmillman on HNSame with "walked". I've used the Porter Stemming Algorithm in the past, and it works well. http://tartarus.org/martin/PorterStemmer/
byoung2 on HN
Alternative spellings listed as separate items
From 1 comment
This is really cool! One issue I found is that it provides alternative spellings as distinct items. Is there a workaround for this? { "typeOf": [ "chromatic color", "chromatic…
iguana on HN
Data attribution to WordNet was missing
From 2 comments
aren't we supposed to cite the use of WordNet?
DeepakShah on HNThen I'd suggest you properly attribute them for the data, especially if you're going to charge people for access (in my opinion, IANAL). See their site on the matter:…
zo1 on HN
Verification emails not received
From 1 comment
Not receiving verification emails.
nijiko on HN
Requests
Add word stemming or lemmatization
From 3 comments
Hmm, what about word stemming? I looked up "windmills" and got an empty result set.
zmillman on HNWhat you really want is a lemmatizer (stemming approximates lemmatization). I believe that NLTK has a WordNet lemmatizer, but I don't know much about it.
lotophage on HNSame with "walked". I've used the Porter Stemming Algorithm in the past, and it works well. http://tartarus.org/martin/PorterStemmer/
byoung2 on HN
Add syllables
From 1 comment
Slightly disappointed that it doesn't have syllables. Should be easy to add, I have a list here: https://github.com/SomeKittens/Haiku-Generator
RKoutnik on HN
Sort synonyms by usage frequency
From 1 comment
I wish synonyms were sorted according to usage frequency instead of alphabetically... maybe its not possible with the data source though?
senorgusto on HN
Add example sentences
From 1 comment
Hi, Nice project! What about adding example of sentences?
bilalel on HN
Questions
How the data is licensed and whether WordNet use requires attribution
From 2 comments
Very nice work. Interesting what can be done with this. One question though, does anyone have any idea what the copyright for this would be? If you happen to use X dictionary…
saganus on HN> Princeton University makes WordNet available to research and commercial users free of charge provided the terms of our license are followed, and proper reference is made to the…
andreyf on HN
How anonymous demo requests are limited
From 1 comment
Thank you! Impressive. How do you limit anonymous web user's queries?
ghchinoy on HN
Alternatives named
Wordnik API
From 1 comment
Looking forward to seeing further development! For a more comprehensive word API, check out the excellent Wordnik API: http://developer.wordnik.com/docs.html#!/word
miket on HN
Princeton WordNet
From 2 comments
Is this a thin wrapper over http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/ or does it/will it go beyond that?
mtmail on HNCan anyone compare the pros and cons of this to princeton's wordnet?
dspoka on HN