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A simple slack bot that looks up words for you
https://github.com/freedomben/dictionary_bot

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# Dictionary Bot

This is a simple bot that listens in slack for a command that looks like this:

define

or:

definition for

The bot then queries the Merriam Webster API, formats the results in a pretty looking slack response, and sends it to the channel.

That's it!

## Running the Bot

You'll need [a slack token](https://github.com/FreedomBen/slackbot_frd#step-1), and an API token from [Merriam Webster](http://www.dictionaryapi.com/).

Open up `slackbot-frd.conf` and add your tokens appropriately. Then make sure to `bundle install`:

bundle install

Then run the bot with:

slackbot-frd start

*Note:* This bot is built on top of [slackbot_frd](https://github.com/FreedomBen/slackbot_frd)