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Always Returns Empty JSON #112

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Always Returns Empty JSON#112

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opened on Jan 27, 2026

Running the following code:

from wiktionaryparser import WiktionaryParser


parser = WiktionaryParser()

word = parser.fetch("word")
print(word)

for any word always returns [{'etymology': '', 'definitions': [], 'pronunciations': {'text': [], 'audio': []}}]

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  1. ruoxining commented on Feb 26, 2026

    @ruoxining
    ruoxining
    on Feb 26, 2026

    My debugging output indicates that the API request is blocked by the Wikipedia Robot policy.

    In [1]: self.soup
Out[1]: Please set a user-agent and respect our robot policy https://w.wiki/4wJS. See also https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400119.

    These pages suggest adding a User Agent header instead of mocking a browser.

    Further, the Wiktionary HTML architecture seems to have changed from what is expected by the code. Now the domains are put in 'div's, no longer 'span's.

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