Setup

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

• On Windows:

  .\venv\Scripts\activate

• On Unix or macOS:

  source venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies using requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

Download NLTK data in Python

python
>>> import nltk
>>> nltk.download('punkt')
>>> nltk.download('averaged_perceptron_tagger')
>>> exit()

Run the application

python sentiment.py

This should output a link.

Test the API using Postman

• Method: POST
• URL: <link>/analyse
• Body (raw JSON):

  {"text":"I love dogs"}
  {"text":"I like this API"}
  {"text":"I somewhat dislike this API"}
  {"text":"Not bad, could be better."}

Run the tests

python -m unittest test_app.py