Rewriting to go.

main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+)
+
+// Define json structure holder
+type Word struct {
+	List []struct {
+		Definition  string    `json:"definition"`
+		Permalink   string    `json:"permalink"`
+		ThumbsUp    int       `json:"thumbs_up"`
+		Author      string    `json:"author"`
+		Word        string    `json:"word"`
+		Defid       int       `json:"defid"`
+		CurrentVote string    `json:"current_vote"`
+		WrittenOn   time.Time `json:"written_on"`
+		Example     string    `json:"example"`
+		ThumbsDown  int       `json:"thumbs_down"`
+	} `json:"list"`
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// get how many result we wan't for the specific word
+	num := flag.Int("n", 1, "Amount of results to print out")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	var unknownWord string
+
+	// Check if word was provided as cli argument, if not ask user to input it
+	if flag.NArg() == 0 {
+		fmt.Print("Enter word the check meaning off: ")
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+		scanner.Scan()
+		err := scanner.Err()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error reading user input")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		unknownWord = strings.ReplaceAll(scanner.Text(), " ", "%20")
+		fmt.Println()
+	} else {
+		unknownWord = strings.Join(flag.Args(), "%20")
+	}
+
+	// Get response from url
+	res, err := http.Get("https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?term=" + unknownWord)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error making http request %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Read the body of message
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error reading the body %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Read the json and parse it
+	var word Word
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &word); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Can not unmarshal json")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Print out the needed amount of results, or exit if not enough results
+	for i := 0; i < *num; i++ {
+		if i == len(word.List) {
+			break
+		}
+		color.Cyan(word.List[i].Word)
+		fmt.Println(word.List[i].Definition)
+		if *num > 1 {
+			fmt.Println()
+		}
+	}
+}