nihongoparserd

A service to convert japanese languages into romaji, kana etc.

for the moment it's based on libmecab but it may be replaced by homebrew parser in the future

Requirement

• libexpat
• libevent
• libmecab2
• cmake

a C++11 compatible compiler

Usage

./nihonggoparserd -p PORT [-h HOSTNAME]

That will launch an HTTP server listening on port PORT, eventually HOSTNAME. It provides the following API calls, that will return an XML answer. Note that contents are wrapped into <![CDATA[...]]>, which is removed from the following examples for readability.

Parse

URL: /parse?str=*

Example of response for /parse?str=学校は家から遠いの？

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <parse>
        <token>学校</token>
        <token>は</token>
        <token>家</token>
        <token>から</token>
        <token>遠い</token>
        <token>の</token>
        <token>？</token>
    </parse>
</root>

Furigana

URL: /furigana?str=*

Example of response for /furigana?str=学校は家から遠いの？

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <parse>
       <token>
           <reading furigana="がっこう">学校</reading>
       </token>
       <token>は</token>
       <token>
           <reading furigana="いえ">家</reading>
       </token>
       <token>から</token>
       <token>
           <reading furigana="とお">遠></reading>
           い
       </token>
       <token>の</token>
       <token>？</token>
    </parse>
</root>

Kana

URL: /kana?str=*

Example of rensponse for /kana?str=学校は家から遠いの？

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <kana>がっこうはいえからとおいの？</kana>
</root>

Compile it

cmake . && make