Thesaurus

[jaspalx]

Please don't laugh at the code, I write applescript by copy-tweaking!
Uses thesauras.altervista.org and ursanrazvan's applescript library.
 
Enjoy!
I'll aim to post any updates on my tumblr http://jaspalsahota.tumblr.com/post/48358079872/thesaurus-workflow-for-alfredapp-2
 
Here's a screenshot
 
 
If anyone makes this nicer/cleaner etc. please let me know.
J

Edited April 19, 2013 by jaspalx

[bocaboy]

I'm a crossword guy and this is a very handy workflow! Thanks.

[yoose]

this is useful, thanks!

[69wpm]

This is great, could you please do the same for openthesaurus.de?

[blkrk4000]

hi, for german thesaurus:

 

change 

 

set theQuery to "http://thesaurus.altervista.org/thesaurus/v1?output=json&word=" & theQuery & "&language=en_EN&output=json&key=DeEKsEOVyiP0NyBZlQ5g"

 

to

 

set theQuery to "http://thesaurus.altervista.org/thesaurus/v1?output=json&word=" & theQuery & "&language=de_DE&output=json&key=DeEKsEOVyiP0NyBZlQ5g"

[69wpm]

Thanks a lot!

 

Edit: One more thing, the results are often cut off when too long, is there some way to show them all?

Edited April 22, 2013 by 69wpm

[jaspalx]

Hi 69wpm, I guess the list of results could be parsed and if you select one of them alfred shows you a list of the individual words to get around that. Afraid I can't put the time into learning how to do that yet...though will try to slot it in sometime.

[hzlzh]

Nice one, share it on the workflow list below.

[Southgirl]

Awesome workflow, thanks for sharing!

[wirefuse]

It would be great if you could make one that opens up th search query page on http://www.thesaurus.com/

[MichaelKaeser]

For those who searched for the german version http://www.openthesaurus.de/ - just found a workflow on github.

 

Click on the workflow and on the next page "View Raw" to download it.