ILDA Word of the Day

This simple script selects a random word (and sentence, if applicable) from an ILDA Dictionary JSON file and sends it to a Discord channel via a webhook.

It was created for several purposes:

• to remember how JavaScript works.
• to learn about Node.js.
• to illustrate the possibilities for ILDA data.

Setup and Usage

1. Ensure Node.js is installed on your system.

• This script requires axios for HTTP requests:

npm install axios  

2. Ensure your ILDA Dictionary JSON file is in data/entries.json
3. In your favorite plain text editor, open index.js and replace WEBHOOK_URL with your Discord webhook URL.
4. Test the script & your setup: node index.js.
5. Customize it & expand it; the limit is your imagination.

• Change the greeting.
• Replace the image, unless you love Rusty.
• Send the message to Slack instead of Discord.
• Place it in a crontab to schedule it.
• ...or do whatever you want!