Using Unirest to build a terminal dictionary app

Step 2: Install Unirest:

We’ll start by selecting one of the example queries — how to grab a word’s definition:

Click “Get” and you’ll see the template laid out in JSON format. Enter a word in the “Parameters” section…

…and click “Try it Out!” to get your request URL.

In your Ruby code, set up your Unirest query, replacing the test word with an input variable:

This will return an array of all of the available data; now iterate through the array and return just the definition text (use JSON Formatter to pinpoint the location of the data you need):

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