Oxford API

Overview

The Oxford Dictionaries API gives you access to our world-renowned dictionary data, including definitions, translations, synonyms, and audio pronunciations.

Oxford is a dictionaries API from oxforddictionaries.com. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS and does not allow direct browser requests (no CORS). Its OpenAPI description documents 26 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication

API key

HTTPS

Yes

CORS

No

Category

Dictionaries

Base URL

https://od-api-demo.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v1

Version

1.11.0

Endpoints

26

OpenAPI

Specification ↗

Spec updated

2021-06-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

curl -X GET "https://od-api-demo.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v1/filters" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const response = await fetch("https://od-api-demo.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v1/filters", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://od-api-demo.oxforddictionaries.com:443/api/v1/filters",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Questions