api.js

'use strict';
const vntk = require('../lib/vntk');

const tokenizer = vntk.wordTokenizer();
const posTag = vntk.posTag();
const chunking = vntk.chunking();
const ner = vntk.ner();

// kites extension definition
module.exports = function (kites) {
  kites.on('express:config', (app) => {

    /**
     * API Homepage
     */
    app.get('/', (req, res) => {
      res.send('This is an example Vntk Server!')
    })

    /**
     * Word Tokenizer
     */
    app.get('/api/tok/:text', (req, res) => {
      var text = req.param('text')
      var format = req.param('format')
      var result = tokenizer.tag(text, format)
      res.ok(result)
    });

    /**
     * POS Tagging
     */
    app.get('/api/pos/:text', (req, res) => {
      var text = req.param('text')
      var format = req.param('format')
      var result = posTag.tag(text, format)
      res.ok(result)
    })

    /**
     * Chunking
     */
    app.get('/api/chunking/:text', (req, res) => {
      var text = req.param('text')
      var format = req.param('format')
      var result = chunking.tag(text, format)
      res.ok(result)
    })

    /**
     * Named Entity Recognition
     */
    app.get('/api/ner/:text', (req, res) => {
      var text = req.param('text')
      var format = req.param('format')
      var result = ner.tag(text, format)
      res.ok(result)
    })

  })
}