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# Introduction This API returns data regarding almost all nouns in vedic literature. The results are JSON objects that contain the word transliterated to the Roman script, the word in the Nagari script, the meaning of the word, and the category the word belongs to. Proper nouns are not included (yet). The API uses the Swagger 2.0 specification. # Authentication This is an open API. # Try it out This sandbox can be used to get data for only one kind of resource, that is, to fetch data for a st

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Sample Requests

GET Fetch all meanings that contain a specific English string

Fetch all meanings that contain a specific English string

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources?description=test

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources?description=test"

import requests
params = {
    "description": "test"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources');
url.searchParams.set('description', 'test');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("description", "test")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "description" => "test"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/sheetlabs.com/vedic-society/1.2/resources?" . http_build_query([
    "description" => "test"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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