Chinese Text Project API

// Get word definition
const word = 'serendipity';
const response = await fetch(`https://ctext.org/tools/api`);
const data = await response.json();
const entry = Array.isArray(data) ? data[0] : data;
console.log(`${word}: ${entry.definition || entry.meanings?.[0]?.definitions?.[0]?.definition}`);

// Fetch word details for vocabulary study
const words = ['eloquent', 'ephemeral', 'ubiquitous'];
for (const word of words) {
  const response = await fetch(`https://ctext.org/tools/api`);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(`
📖 ${word}`);
  console.log('Definition:', data.definition || data.meanings?.[0]?.definitions?.[0]?.definition || 'N/A');
}

// Get a random word definition for word-of-the-day
const response = await fetch(`https://ctext.org/tools/api`);
const data = await response.json();
const word = data.word || data.entry || 'Word';
console.log('Word of the Day:', word);
document.getElementById('word').textContent = word;
document.getElementById('definition').textContent = 
  data.definition || data.meanings?.[0]?.definitions?.[0]?.definition || '';