/Plugins/define.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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from urllib2 import urlopen
import re
import json

def main(connection):
    if not Info.args:
        Channel.send("Please supply the word you want to be defined.")
        return

    query_original = " ".join(Info.args)
    query_string = "+".join(Info.args)

    url = "http://api.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&format=json" % query_string
    request = urlopen(url)

    output = json.loads(request.read())

    if not 'Definition' in output or output['Definition'] == '':
        Channel.send("Couldn't find a definition for %s", query_original)
    else:
        Channel.send(u"[%s] %s",
            Format.Bold(query_original), 
            output['Definition']
        )

help = u"Use DuckDuckGo to define a word or phrase"