mdict-reader

node mdict

node.js mdict (*.mdx, *.mdd) file reader

Rude refactoring of https://github.com/fengdh/mdict-js to make it work on nodejs by Jeka Kiselyov. Done enough to make it work for my project(with predefined dictionaries). It's tested with few .mdx files only, so there may be some bugs with other dictionaries. Please check and please feel free to submit pull requests with optimizations, unit tests etc.

Released under terms of the MIT License, as original library.

Installation:

npm install mdict

Usage:

var mdict = require('mdict');
  
mdict.dictionary('dictionary.mdx').then(function(dictionary){
        //// dictionary is loaded
        dictionary.search({
            phrase: 'دهخدا*', /// '*' and '?' supported
            max: 10	          /// maximum results
 		}).then(function(foundWords){
            console.log('Found words:');
            console.log(foundWords);      /// foundWords is array
 
            var word = ''+foundWords[0];
            console.log('Loading definitions for: '+word);
            return dictionary.lookup(word); /// typeof word === string
        }).then(function(definitions){
            console.log('definitions:');     /// definition is array
            console.log(definitions);
        });
        
    });

This is on GitHub.