Usage examples

Bash (curl)

$ curl -f -s 
 

Bash (wget)

$ wget -qO- 
 

Python 3

import urllib.request

word_generator_api_url = ""
new_word = urllib.request.urlopen(word_generator_api_url).read().decode("utf-8")
print(new_word) #  

Python 2

import urllib2

word_generator_api_url = ""
new_word = urllib2.urlopen(word_generator_api_url).read()
print new_word #  

JavaScript

var apiEndpointUrl = "";

var httpGetAsync = function(requestUrl, successCallback, errorCallback)
{
    var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() { 
        if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
            if (xmlHttp.status == 200) {
                successCallback(xmlHttp.responseText);
            }
            else {
                errorCallback(xmlHttp);
            }
        }
    }
    xmlHttp.open("GET", requestUrl, true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}

httpGetAsync(
    apiEndpointUrl,
    function(newWord) {
        alert("New word: " + newWord); //  
    },
    function() {
        alert("An error occurred in generating the new word.");
    }
);