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Running Antidote using a URL

Antidote can be run using a URL configured in an application (e.g. Apple shortcuts) or in a document (e.g. an email). URLs supported by Antidote start with a code indicating which application will be opened, followed by an action that will be executed when Antidote opens. The bilingual version of Antidote Mobile also allows you to specify the language of the search.

Codes

URL Description
antidote://<action> Open Antidote Mobile – French/English/Bilingual 
antidote-fr://<action> Open Antidote Mobile – French
antidote-en://<action> Open Antidote Mobile – English
antidote-ml://<action> Open Antidote Mobile – Bilingual

Actions

URL Description
<code>://open Open Antidote
<code>://dictionaries/* Look up a word in the current dictionary
<code>://definitions/* Look up a word’s definition
<code>://synonyms/* Look up a word’s synonyms
<code>://antonyms/* Look up a word’s antonyms
<code>://combinations/* Look up a word’s combinations
<code>://semantic_field/* Look up a word’s semantic field
<code>://conjugation/* Look up a word’s conjugations
<code>://family/* Look up a word’s family
<code>://quotations/* Look up the quotations for a word
<code>://history/* Look up a word’s history
<code>://wikipedia/* View the Wikipedia article for a word
<code>://guides/* Search for a word in the guides

Languages

URL Description
antidote-ml://<action>/fr/* Look up a French word (bilingual version only)
antidote-ml://<action>/en/* Look up an English word (bilingual version only)

URL examples

  • antidote-en://open: Open Antidote English
  • antidote://dictionaries/table: Look up the word table in the current dictionary.
  • antidote://history/table: Look up the word table in the historical dictionary.
  • antidote-en://guides/all: Look up the word all in the guides of Antidote Mobile – English.
  • antidote-ml://guides/en/all: Look up the word all in the French guides of Antidote Mobile – Bilingual.
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