This is a python module for looking up mdict dictionary files (.mdx and .mdd). Function converting mdx to sqlite is added.

Based on readmdict by Xiaoqiang Wang.

While this project is a trivial extension of the original module, it adds the features of looking up a single entry in .mdx or resource file in .mdd without extracting all content, which may be helpful in other projects that requires dictionaries.

Usage

Constructs the IndexBuilder object, which builds the sqlite index for .mdx file and the corresponding .mdd file (if exists).

from mdict_query import IndexBuilder
builder = IndexBuilder('ode.mdx')

Convert mdx to sqlite:

builder.make_sqlite()
# Check the output file `ode.mdx.sqlite.db` near your `ode.mdx`

Get all mdx keys:

builder.get_mdx_keys()
# ==> ['key1', 'key2', 'key3', ...]

Filter mdx keys by wildcard:

builder.get_mdx_keys('dedicat*')
# ==> ['dedicate', 'dedication', ...]

Looks up mdx with a key:

result_text = builder.mdx_lookup('dedication')

There is an option to ignore cases:

result_text = builder.mdx_lookup('Dedication', ignorecase = True)

Get all mdd keys:

builder.get_mdd_keys()
# ==> ['key1', 'key2', 'key3', ...]

Filter mdd keys by wildcard:

builder.get_mdd_keys('*.css')
# ==> ['/style.css', ...]

Looks up mdd with a key:

bytes_list = builder.mdd_lookup('/style.css')
#bytes_list is the bytes list of the file stored in mdd