move define to be a slash command

app/cogs/actual_utils.py

@@ -56,6 +56,23 @@ class ActualUtils(commands.Cog):
 
         await ctx.respond(r.json()["web_url"])
 
+    @commands.slash_command(
+        guild_ids=None,
+        name="define",
+        description="Grabs the highest rated definition from urban dictionary",
+    )
+    @option(
+        name="word",
+        description="The word to define. Tries UD first then an actual dictionary",
+        required=True,
+    )
+    async def define(self, ctx, word):
+
+        import define_word
+
+        embed = define_word.get_definition(word)
+        await ctx.respond(embed=embed)
+
     @commands.command(name="tts")
     async def tts(self, ctx: commands.Context):
 

app/cogs/cheeky_functions.py

@@ -133,13 +133,6 @@ class Cheeky(commands.Cog):
             )
         )
 
-    @commands.command(name="define", aliases=["ud"])
-    async def define(self, ctx: commands.Context):
-
-        import define_word
-
-        await ctx.send(embed=define_word.get_definition(ctx.message.content))
-
     @commands.command(name="wallpaper")
     async def wallpaper(self, ctx: commands.Context):
         import wallpaper

app/define_word.py

@@ -4,19 +4,16 @@ import help_methods
 import discord
 
 
-def get_definition(content):
+def get_definition(word):
     """
-    get_definition(content)
+    get_definition(word)
 
-    grabs a definition from urban dictionary
+    Tries to return the highest voted definition from urbandictionary.
+    If that fails, it reaches out to pearson for an actual defintion
     """
-    if len(content.split()) > 1:
-        word = content.split()[1:]
     try:
         definition = requests.get(
-                "https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?term={}".format(
-                    "%20".join(word)
-                )
+            "https://api.urbandictionary.com/v0/define?term={}".format("%20".join(word))
         ).json()["list"]
         # UD returns all the results in a json blob. Calculate which result has the highest upvotes to downvotes ratio
         # as this is the result that shows up at the top on urbandictionary.com