wotd script

go.mod

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+module watt3r/wotd
+
+go 1.17
+
+require (
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c // indirect
+)

go.sum

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+github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 h1:8LOYc1KYPPmyKMuN8QV2DNRWNbLo6LZ0iLs8+mlH53w=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9 h1:sqDoxXbdeALODt0DAeJCVp38ps9ZogZEAXjus69YV3U=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=

wotd.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+    "io/ioutil"
+    "net/http"
+    "log"
+    "strings"
+    "regexp"
+    "github.com/fatih/color"
+)
+
+func findPhrase(pageContent string, start string, end string) []byte {
+    wordIndex := strings.Index(pageContent, start)
+    if wordIndex == -1 {
+      log.Fatal("Word not found")
+    }
+    wordIndex += len(start)
+    wordEndIndex := strings.Index(pageContent[wordIndex:], end) + wordIndex
+    word := []byte(pageContent[wordIndex:wordEndIndex])
+    return word
+}
+func main() {
+    // Color output
+    blue := color.New(color.FgBlue).Add(color.Bold).SprintFunc()
+    green := color.New(color.FgGreen).Add(color.Bold).SprintFunc()
+
+    // Get Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster
+    resp, err := http.Get("https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/")
+    if err != nil {
+      log.Fatal(err)
+    }
+    defer resp.Body.Close()
+    data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+    // Simple parse HTML 
+    pageContent := string(data)
+    word := findPhrase(pageContent, "<h1>", "</h1>")
+    def := findPhrase(pageContent, "<p>", "</p>")
+
+    // Print result
+    fmt.Printf("Word of the Day: %s\nDefinition: %s\n",  blue(fmt.Sprintf("%s", word)), green(regexp.MustCompile("</?em>").ReplaceAllString(fmt.Sprintf("%s", def), "")))
+}