/sentiment_analysis

Viralheat Sentiment Analysis Gem

Primary LanguageRuby

The Sentiment Analysis Ruby Gem

A Ruby wrapper for the Viralheat Sentiment Analysis API

see : http://viralheat.com/developer/sentiment_api

Installation

gem install sentiment_analysis

Getting an API Key

You can get an API key by visiting http://www.viralheat.com/developer. Sign up as a FREE developer and get a key for use with this gem. The developer dashboard will also show you details on your quota.

How to use

Simple way

require 'sentiment_analysis'
sa = SentimentAnalysis::Client.new(:api_key => '0123456789')

puts sa.quota
  # => 5000

puts as.review("i don't like this")
  # => {"prob":0.732603741199471,"mood":"negative","text":"i don't like this"}

puts as.train(:text => "I don't like coffee'",:mood => 'negative')
  # => {"status":"ok"}

Choose the format - :json

puts sa.quota(:format => :json)
  # => {"quota_remaining":5000}

Choose the format - :xml

puts sa.quota(:format => :xml)
  # => <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	   <result>
  	     <quota_remaining>4976</quota_remaining>
	   </result>

puts as.review("i don't like this", :format => :xml)
  # => <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	   <result>
	     <text>I don't like coffee</text>
	     <mood>negative</mood>
	     <prob>0.55865964876338</prob>
	   </result>

puts as.train(:text => "I don't like coffee'",:mood => 'negative', :format => :xml)
  # => <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	   <result>
	     <status>ok</status>
	   </result>