tmove credentials to its own file, add makefile - counterfacto - small software tool to analyze twitter and highlight counterfactual statements
HTML git clone git://parazyd.org/counterfacto.git
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
DIR LICENSE
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DIR commit c197f14a541519e2e261e6ff6bebbfaf742181d0
DIR parent 96a0a3e5c2992c9c5b687762972a385773f51061
HTML Author: parazyd <parazyd@dyne.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 20:07:15 +0100
move credentials to its own file, add makefile
Diffstat:
A .gitignore | 2 ++
A Makefile | 11 +++++++++++
M README.md | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
M counterfacto | 15 ++++++++-------
4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
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DIR diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
t@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+credentials
+twokenize.pyc
DIR diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
t@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+all:
+ @echo downloading python nltk tagger
+ @python2 -c "import nltk; nltk.download('averaged_perceptron_tagger')"
+ @echo
+ @echo please create a file called credentials with the following data:
+ @echo "oatoken = 'yourOAuthToken'"
+ @echo "oasecret = 'yourOAuthSecret'"
+ @echo "conskey = 'yourConsumerKey'"
+ @echo "conssecret = 'yourConsSecret'"
+ @echo
+ @echo you can get these by creating a twitter app
DIR diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
t@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@
Counterfactual (noun)
-Definition: the tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred; something that is contrary to what actually happened.
+Definition: the tendency to create possible alternatives to life events
+that have already occurred; something that is contrary to what actually
+happened.
-Effects: it starts off with disappointment, then one will be able to uncover insights or knowledge that can be used to enhance future performance, leading to a better outcome in life.
+Effects: it starts off with disappointment, then one will be able to
+uncover insights or knowledge that can be used to enhance future
+performance, leading to a better outcome in life.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Counterfacto is a small software tool that can analyse search results on twitter to highlight counterfactual statements on certain topics.
+Counterfacto is a small software tool that can analyse search results
+on twitter to highlight counterfactual statements on certain topics.
-This tool is used by PIEnews.eu researchers for sentiment analysis about poverty and other related topics, to understand actual stories elaborated as counterfactual.
+This tool is used by PIEnews.eu researchers for sentiment analysis
+about poverty and other related topics, to understand actual stories
+elaborated as counterfactual.
-We deem such a tool as a useful experiment, considering the importance of counterfactual analysis for political sentiment assessments and focus on news stories.
+We deem such a tool as a useful experiment, considering the importance
+of counterfactual analysis for political sentiment assessments and
+focus on news stories.
## Dependencies
t@@ -23,28 +32,30 @@ Python is required along the following packages:
python-twitter python-nltk
```
-Then run the `python` console in a terminal and type
+Your distro may have an outdated nltk (less than 3.2) without the
+perceptron module, in that case an update from `pip` is needed:
```
-import nltk
-nltk.download('averaged_perceptron_tagger')
+pip install nltk --upgrade
```
-This will download the nltk_data folder and place it in your `$HOME`.
+After installing the necessary python modules, run `make`, which will
+then download the needed data for nltk, and tell you how to use your
+twitter credentials in counterfacto
-Your distro may have an outdated nltk (less than 3.2) without the perceptron module, in that case an update from `pip` is needed:
+## Usage
```
-pip install nltk --upgrade
+usage: ./counterfacto [-a account] [-f tweetfile] [-s searchterm]
```
## References
-- Learning Representations for Counterfactual Inference (2016) http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v48/johansson16.pdf
+- [Learning Representations for Counterfactual Inference (2016)](http://jmlr.org/proceedings/papers/v48/johansson16.pdf)
-- Bounding and Minimizing Counterfactual Error (2016) https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03976
+- [Bounding and Minimizing Counterfactual Error (2016)](https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03976)
-- "Counterfactuals in the Language of Social Media: A Natural Language Processing Project in Conjunction with the World Well Being Project" (2015) http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse400/CSE400_2015_2016/reports/report_15.pdf
+- [Counterfactuals in the Language of Social Media: A Natural Language Processing Project in Conjunction with the World Well Being Project (2015)](http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cse400/CSE400_2015_2016/reports/report_15.pdf)
## Licensing
t@@ -54,10 +65,20 @@ as part of the PIEnews project
Software written by Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
with contributions by Denis Roio <jaromil@dyne.org>
-This source code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+This source code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
-This source code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please refer to the GNU Public License for more details.
+This source code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please refer to
+the GNU Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Public License along with this source code; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Public License along with
+this source code; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement nr. 687922
+This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
+Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under
+grant agreement nr. 687922
DIR diff --git a/counterfacto b/counterfacto
t@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ global tweetfile
global taggedFile
taggedFile = 'tagged.txt'
-## get these by creating a twitter app
-oatoken = ''
-oasecret = ''
-conskey = ''
-conssecret = ''
+try:
+ with open('credentials') as fd:
+ exec(fd.read())
+except:
+ print('no credentials file found. please create it.')
+ exit(1)
def main():
t@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def main():
classify(tweetfile)
except:
- print("usage: counterfacto [-a account] [-f tweetfile] [-s searchterm]")
+ print("usage: " + sys.argv[0] + " [-a account] [-f tweetfile] [-s searchterm]")
exit(1)
## {{{ processing functions
t@@ -300,6 +301,6 @@ def classify(tweetfile):
tweetFile.close()
tagFile.close()
- print("counterfactuals: " + str(count))
+ print("counterfactuals: " + str(count) + "/100")
main()