Mer

Mer is a small dictionary CLI application based on Merriam-Webster free Collegiate Dictionary API.

You have to provide your own API key in order to use this app.

Create your own API key for free here.

Installation

This application requires a working Go environment. See the installation instructions for Go.

If you already have a working Go environment, you can use the command below.

$ go get -u github.com/ideaspaper/mer

Usage

• $ mer or $ mer --help

  Display help.

• $ mer search [word]

  Search the meaning of a word. Only accept exactly 1 argument, which is the word you want to search.

• $ mer key

  Read your API key from config file.

• $ mer key [key]

  Write your API key to config file.

If no mer_config.env existed in the binary path yet, those commands will create empty mer_config.env instead.