Summarizer

This is a command-line tool that summarizes text content. It can take either a text file or a text string as input and returns the summary of the provided content. The tool leverages the Qwen-2-0.5B language model API for generating summaries.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• requests library (install via pip install requests)
• argparse library (included in Python standard library)

Installation

1. Clone this repository or download the summarizer.py script.

2. Ensure you have Python 3.6 or higher installed.

3. Install the requests library if not already installed:

   pip install requests

Usage

The script can be used to summarize the content of a text file or a direct text string provided via the command line.

Summarize a Text File

To summarize the content of a text file, use the -t or --textfile argument followed by the path to the text file:

python summarizer.py -t path/to/your/file.txt

Summarize a Text String

To summarize a direct text string, use the -s or --string argument followed by the text string:

python summarizer.py -s "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

Example

Summarize a text file:

python summarizer.py -t example.txt

Summarize a text string:

python summarizer.py -s "Artificial intelligence is transforming the world."

Script Details

Functions

• send_prompt(content): Sends the provided content to the Qwen-2 model API to generate a summary.
• main(): Parses command-line arguments, reads input (from a file or string), and prints the summary.

Command-Line Arguments

• -t or --textfile: Specifies the path to the text file to be summarized.
• -s or --string: Specifies the text string to be summarized.

Error Handling

The script includes basic error handling for file not found errors and missing arguments.

API Configuration

The script is configured to send requests to a local server running at http://localhost:8000/api/chat. Ensure the server is running and accessible before using the script.

Acknowledgments

• The Qwen-2 language model by Alibaba Cloud for text summarization capabilities.