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adding method for getting word of the day #129

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adding method for getting word of the day
MiVHQW Apr 9, 2021
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removing commented out code
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions duden/search.py
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Expand Up @@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ def get(word, cache=True):
return DudenWord(soup)


def get_word_of_the_day():
"""
Scrapes the word of the day and returns DudenWord instance of it.

"""
html_content = requests.get("http://www.duden.de").content
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(html_content, features="lxml")
link = soup.find("a", class_="scene__title-link").get("href")
word_start_index = link.rfind("/") + 1
word = link[word_start_index:]

return get(word)


def get_search_link_variants(link_text):
"""
Lists possible interpretations of link text on search page.
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