Wiktionary sound scraper

npm module to download and convert sounds from wiktionary.org.

Helpful when you have a long list of words and you want to know how they sound.

How to use

Install the module

  $ npm install wiktionary-sound-scraper --save

Conversion

ffmpeg is necessary to convert files. Files on wiktionary are in .ogg or .ogv

Play with it

var scraper = require('wiktionary-sound-scraper')
 
var folder = __dirname + '/downloads/'
var opts = {location: folder, lang: 'fr', basename: 'shoe-sound', ext: '.mp3'}
 
scraper.scrap('shoe', opts, function (err, vinyl) {
  if (err) console.log('Didn\'t work: ' + err)
  else console.log('Here comes the file: ' + vinyl.path)
})

Examples

There are some in the examples folder, including one how to scrap words from a .csv file.

Doc

scrap(word, options, callback)

word

• Type: String
• Mandatory
• Word to look for.

options

• Type: Object
• Mandatory but can be an empty object (ie.:{})

options.folder

• Type: Object
• Optional
• Default: __dirname
• Folder to download the file to, will be created if necessary.

options.lang

• Type: String
• Optional
• Default: 'en'
• The wiktionary to search in (eg.: 'de' for de.wiktionary.org).

options.basename

• Type: String
• Optional
• Default: null
• Name of the final file, without extension.

options.ext

• Type: String
• Optional
• Default: null
• Extension, eg. '.mp3'.

callback

• Type: Function
• Mandatory
• Function called once the operation has been performed.
• Takes two arguments:
• err: if an error occured
• vinyl: vinyl file built at the end

Feedbacks, please!

Pull requests and issues are here for that!