Getting Down to Code Step 3

Step 3: Make an object to wrap the functionality

import os, sys

class WebsterLookup:

def lookupWord(self, word):

# Need to get a tmp file name here

os.system('webster ‘ + word + ‘ > /tmp/websterResult')

fd = open('/tmp/websterResult')

# Throw away the first line (reports on contacting Webster server):

fd.readline()

res = fd.read()

fd.close()

os.system('rm /tmp/websterResult')

return res

websterObj = WebsterLookup()

print websterObj.lookupWord('information')

Put into file WordLookupServer.py: