Get Targeted Words by ISBN
Overview
Use this call to get a list of vocab words from a book that are close to the measure of the book. The words will be within a range that is 50L below and 100L above the book's Lexile measure. To select a book you will pass the ISBN for the book as text, not as an integer.
You can use options to customize the list of returned words.
Parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
text |
String |
The ISBN for the text you want to extract vocabulary words from. The ISBN must be passed as a string, not as an integer. |
options |
Struct |
The options argument is optional. If provided it can contain the
following:
|
Response
This returns a list of targeted vocabulary words from the book. By default, 10 words
are returned unless you have set a different max_word_count
.
Example
This is an example of how to make the call using
Java.
import xmlrpclib rpc = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('https://user:pass@vocabulary.lexile.com/API') vocab_words = pv.vocab.get_targeted_words_isbn('9780140435313')