NER + document classification

indicoio/text/ner.py

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+from indicoio.utils import api_handler
+
+def named_entities(api_root, text):
+    """
+    Given input text, returns a mapping from named entities to 
+    named entity categories.
+
+    Example usage:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+       >>> import indicoio
+       >>> import numpy as np
+       >>> text = 'On Monday, president Barack Obama will be...'
+       >>> indicoio.named_entities(text)
+       >>> "{'Monday': 'Time', 'Barack Obama': 'Person'}"
+
+    :param text: The text to be analyzed.
+    :type text: str or unicode
+    :rtype: Dictionary of named entity, category pairs
+    """
+    
+    return api_handler(text, api_root + "ner")