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Click on the APIVerve.API.RandomWord package, select the appropriate version in the right-tab and click Install.
Configuration
Before using the randomwords API client, you have to setup your account and obtain your API Key.
You can get it by signing up at https://apiverve.com
Usage
The Random Word API documentation is found here: https://docs.apiverve.com/api/randomwords.
You can find parameters, example responses, and status codes documented here.
Setup
Authentication
Random Word API uses API Key-based authentication. When you create an instance of the API client, you can pass your API Key as a parameter.
// Create an instance of the API client
var apiClient = new RandomWordAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]", true);
Perform Request
Using the API client, you can perform requests to the API.
Define Query
This API does not require a Query
Simple Request
var response = apiClient.Execute();
if(response.error != null) {
Console.WriteLine(response.error);
} else {
var jsonResponse = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(response, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented);
Console.WriteLine(jsonResponse);
}
Example Response
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"word": "hang",
"definitions": [
"To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.",
"To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.",
"To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. [U. S.]",
"To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.",
"To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc. Hung be the heavens with black. Shak. And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils. Dryden.",
"To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.",
"To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame. Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head. Milton. To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. -- To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.",
"To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.",
"To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.",
"To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck. [R.] \"Sir Balaam hangs.\" Pope.",
"To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point. \"Two infants hanging on her neck.\" Peacham.",
"To be, or be like, a suspended weight. Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden. Addison.",
"To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.",
"To lean or incline; to incline downward. To decide which way hung the victory. Milton. His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung. Pope.",
"To slope down; as, hanging grounds.",
"To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed. A noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan. Milton. To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. \"If any one among you hangs back.\" Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete. -- To hang in doubt, to be in suspense. -- To hang on (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to stick; to be persistent, as a disease. -- To hang on the lips, words, etc., to be charmed by eloquence. -- To hang out. (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman hangs out against an agreement. [Colloq.] (c) to lounge around a particular place; as, teenageers tend to hang out at the mall these days -- To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend over. -- To hang to, to cling. -- To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another. \"We are all of a piece; we hang together.\" Dryden. (b) To be self- consistent; as, the story does not hang together. [Colloq.] -- To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy.",
"The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.",
"Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse. [Colloq.]",
"A sharp or steep declivity or slope. [Colloq.] To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]"
],
"pronounciation": "HH AE1 NG"
}
}
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