STANDS4 Web Services:

Abbreviations API

The Abbrevations API from STANDS4 enables you to get classified acronyms and abbreviations content for a given term. Use the Abbreviations REST API to customize your request with parameters such as category id, sort by, search type or a combination of any of them.

Request URL:

https://www.stands4.com/services/v2/abbr.php

Request parameters:

Parameter	Value	Required	Default	Description
uid	string	Y		Your API user id
tokenid	string	Y		Your valid developer token id
term	string	Y		The term you would like to search for
categoryid	string		all	The category to search in (e.g. 'MEDICAL')
sortby	character		p	The order in which the results will be returned. Use one of the following values: p - for popularity; a - for alphabetically; or c - for category
searchtype	character		e	The search type to perform. Use one of the following values: e - for exact match; or r - for reverse lookup
format	string	N	xml	The format in which you want the result returned (xml or json)

Sample request URL:

https://www.stands4.com/services/v2/abbr.php?uid=1001&tokenid=tk324324324&term=asap&format=xml

Response elements:

Element	Description
results	Contains all of the query responses
result	Contains each individual response
term	The term this result is referring to
definition	The definition that was found for this term
category	The category that this definition belongs to


					<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<results>
    <result>
        <term>asap</term>
        <definition>As Soon As Possible</definition>
        <category>Chat</category>
    </result>
    <result>
        <term>asap</term>
        <definition>As Soon As Possible</definition>
        <category>Chat</category>
    </result>
</results>


					{
	"results": {
		"result": [
			{
				"term": "asap",
				"definition": "As Soon As Possible",
				"category": "Chat"
			},
			{
				"term": "asap",
				"definition": "As Soon As Possible",
				"category": "Chat"
			}
		]
	}
}