Official Ruby client for the MonkeyLearn API. Build and consume machine learning models for language processing from your Ruby apps.
Install with rubygems:
$ gem install monkeylearn
Or add this line to your Gemfile
$ gem "monkeylearn", "~> 3"
First, require and configure the lib:
Before making requests to the API, you need to set your account API Key:
require 'monkeylearn'
# Basic configuration
Monkeylearn.configure do |c|
c.token = 'INSERT_YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE'
end
From the Monkeylearn module, you can call any endpoint (check the available endpoints below). For example, you can classify a list of texts using the public Sentiment analysis classifier:
classifier_model_id='cl_Jx8qzYJh'
data = [
'Great hotel with excellent location',
'This is the worst hotel ever.'
]
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.classify(classifier_model_id, data)
The response object returned by every endpoint call is a MonkeylearnResponse
object. The body
attribute has the parsed response from the API:
puts response.body
# => [
# => {
# => "text" => "Great hotel with excellent location",
# => "external_id" => nil,
# => "error" => false,
# => "classifications" => [
# => {
# => "tag_name" => "Positive",
# => "tag_id" => 1994,
# => "confidence" => 0.922,
# => }
# => ]
# => },
# => {
# => "text" => "This is the worst hotel ever.",
# => "external_id" => nil,
# => "error" => false,
# => "classifications" => [
# => {
# => "tag_name" => "Negative",
# => "tag_id" => 1941,
# => "confidence" => 0.911,
# => }
# => ]
# => }
# => ]
You can also access other attributes in the response object to get information about the queries used or available:
puts response.plan_queries_allowed
# => 300
puts response.plan_queries_remaining
# => 240
puts response.request_queries_used
# => 2
Endpoint calls may raise exceptions. Here is an example on how to handle them:
begin
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.classify("[MODEL_ID]", ["My text"])
rescue PlanQueryLimitError => d
puts "#{d.error_code}: #{d.detail}"
end
Available exceptions:
class | Description |
---|---|
MonkeylearnError |
Base class for each exception below. |
RequestParamsError |
An invalid parameter was sent. Check the exception message or response object for more information. |
AuthenticationError |
Authentication failed, usually because an invalid token was provided. Check the exception message. More about Authentication. |
ForbiddenError |
You don't have permissions to perform the action on the given resource. |
ModelLimitError |
You have reached the custom model limit for your plan. |
ModelNotFound |
The model does not exist. Check the model_id . |
TagNotFound |
The tag does not exist. Check the tag_id parameter. |
PlanQueryLimitError |
You have reached the monthly query limit for your plan. Consider upgrading your plan. More about Plan query limits. |
PlanRateLimitError |
You have sent too many requests in the last minute. Check the exception details. More about Plan rate limit. |
ConcurrencyRateLimitError |
You have sent too many requests in the last second. Check the exception details. More about Concurrency rate limit. |
ModuleStateError |
The state of the module is invalid. Check the exception details. |
Classify and Extract endpoints may require more than one request to the MonkeyLearn API in order to process every text in the data
parameter. If the auto_batch
config is true
(which is the default value) you don't have to keep the data
length below the max allowed value (200), you can just pass the full list and the library will handle the bactching making multiple requests if necessary.
If you want to handle this yourself you can set auto_batch
to false
and slice the data yourself:
require 'monkeylearn'
Monkeylearn.configure do |c|
c.token = 'INSERT_YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE'
c.auto_batch = false
end
data = ['Text to classify'] * 300
batch_size = 200
model_id = '[MODULE_ID]'
responses = (0...data.length).step(batch_size).collect do |start_idx|
sliced_data = data[start_idx, batch_size]
Monkeylearn.classifiers.classify(model_id, sliced_data, batch_size: batch_size)
end
multi_response = Monkeylearn::MultiResponse.new(responses)
puts multi_response.body
Also, any API calls might be throttled (see Rate limiting). If the retry_if_throttled
config is true
(which is the default value) any throttled request will be retried after waiting (sleep
) the required time.
You can control this manually if you need to:
require 'monkeylearn'
Monkeylearn.configure do |c|
c.token = 'INSERT_YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE'
c.auto_batch = false
c.retry_if_throttled = false
end
data = ['Text to classify'] * 300
batch_size = 200
model_id = '[MODULE_ID]'
responses = (0...data.length).step(batch_size).collect do |start_idx|
sliced_data = data[start_idx, batch_size]
throttled = true
while throttled
begin
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.classify(model_id, sliced_data, batch_size: batch_size)
throttled = false
rescue ConcurrencyRateLimitError
sleep 2
rescue PlanRateLimitError => e
sleep e.seconds_to_wait
end
end
response
end
multi_response = Monkeylearn::MultiResponse.new(responses)
puts multi_response.body
This way you'll be able to control every request that is sent to the MonkeyLearn API.
The following are all the endpoints of the API. For more information about each endpoint, check out the API documentation.
Monkeylearn.classifiers.classify(model_id, data, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
data | Array[String or Hash] |
A list of up to 200 data elements to classify. Each element must be a String with the text or a Hash with the required text key and the text as the value. You can provide an optional external_id key with a string that will be included in the response. |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
production_model | Boolean |
False |
Indicates if the classifications are performed by the production model. Only use this parameter with custom models (not with the public ones). Note that you first need to deploy your model to production either from the UI model settings or by using the Classifier deploy endpoint. |
batch_size | Integer |
200 |
Max amount of texts each request will send to Monkeylearn. A number from 1 to 200. |
Example:
data = ["First text", {text: "Second text", external_id: "2"}]
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.classify("[MODEL_ID]", data)
Monkeylearn.classifiers.detail(model_id)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.detail("[MODEL_ID]")
Monkeylearn.classifiers.create(name, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name | String |
The name of the model. |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
description | String |
'' |
The description of the model. |
algorithm | String |
'nb' |
The algorithm used when training the model. It can either be "nb" or "svm". |
language | String |
'en' |
The language of the model. Full list of supported languages. |
max_features | Integer |
10000 |
The maximum number of features used when training the model. Between 10 and 100000. |
ngram_range | Array |
[1,1] |
Indicates which n-gram range is used when training the model. It's a list of two numbers between 1 and 3. They indicate the minimum and the maximum n for the n-grams used, respectively. |
use_stemming | Boolean |
true |
Indicates whether stemming is used when training the model. |
preprocess_numbers | Boolean |
true |
Indicates whether number preprocessing is done when training the model. |
preprocess_social_media | Boolean |
false |
Indicates whether preprocessing of social media is done when training the model. |
normalize_weights | Boolean |
true |
Indicates whether weights will be normalized when training the model. |
stopwords | Boolean or Array |
true |
The list of stopwords used when training the model. Use false for no stopwords, true for the default stopwords, or an array of strings for custom stopwords. |
whitelist | Array |
[] |
The whitelist of words used when training the model. |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.create("New classifier name", algorithm: "svm", ngram_range: [1, 2])
Monkeylearn.classifiers.edit(model_id, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name | String |
The name of the model. |
description | String |
The description of the model. |
algorithm | String |
The algorithm used when training the model. It can either be "nb" or "svm". |
language | String |
The language of the model. Full list of supported languages. |
max_features | Integer |
The maximum number of features used when training the model. Between 10 and 100000. |
ngram_range | Array |
Indicates which n-gram range used when training the model. A list of two numbers between 1 and 3. They indicate the minimum and the maximum n for the n-grams used, respectively. |
use_stemming | Boolean |
Indicates whether stemming is used when training the model. |
preprocess_numbers | Boolean |
Indicates whether number preprocessing is done when training the model. |
preprocess_social_media | Boolean |
Indicates whether preprocessing of social media is done when training the model. |
normalize_weights | Boolean |
Indicates whether weights will be normalized when training the model. |
stopwords | Boolean or Array |
The list of stopwords used when training the model. Use false for no stopwords, true for the default stopwords, or an array of strings for custom stopwords. |
whitelist | Array |
The whitelist of words used when training the model. |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.edit("[MODEL_ID]", name: "New classifier name", algorithm: "nb")
Monkeylearn.classifiers.delete(model_id)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
Example:
Monkeylearn.classifiers.delete('[MODEL_ID]')
Monkeylearn.classifiers.list(page: 1, per_page: 20, order_by: '-created')
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
page | Integer |
1 |
Specifies which page to get. |
per_page | Integer |
20 |
Specifies how many items per page will be returned. |
order_by | String or Array |
'-created' |
Specifies the ordering criteria. It can either be a String for single criteria ordering or an array of Strings for more than one. Each String must be a valid field name; if you want inverse/descending order of the field prepend a - (dash) character. Some valid examples are: 'is_public' , '-name' or ['-is_public', 'name'] . |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.list(page: 2, per_page: 5, order_by: ['-is_public', 'name'])
Monkeylearn.classifiers.train(model_id)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
Example:
Monkeylearn.classifiers.train('[MODEL_ID]')
Monkeylearn.classifiers.deploy(model_id)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
Example:
Monkeylearn.classifiers.deploy('[MODEL_ID]')
Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.detail(model_id, tag_id)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
tag_id | Integer |
Tag ID. |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.detail("[MODEL_ID]", TAG_ID)
Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.create(model_id, name, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | `String | Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
name | String |
The name of the new tag. |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.create("[MODEL_ID]", "Positive")
Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.edit(model_id, tag_id, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
tag_id | Integer |
Tag ID. |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name | String |
The new name of the tag. |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.edit("[MODEL_ID]", TAG_ID, name: "New name")
Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.delete(model_id, tag_id, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
tag_id | Integer |
Tag ID. |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
move_data_to | int |
nil |
An optional tag ID. If provided, data associated with the tag to be deleted will be moved to the specified tag before deletion. |
Example:
Monkeylearn.classifiers.tags.delete("[MODEL_ID]", TAG_ID)
Monkeylearn.classifiers.upload_data(model_id, data)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Classifier ID. It always starts with 'cl' , for example, 'cl_oJNMkt2V' . |
data | Array[Hash] |
A list of hashes with the keys described below. |
data
hash keys:
Key | Description |
---|---|
text | A String of the text to upload. |
tags | An optional Array of tags that can be refered to by their numeric ID or their name. The text will be tagged with each tag in the list when created (in case it doesn't already exist on the model). Otherwise, its tags will be updated to the new ones. New tags will be created if they don't already exist. |
markers | An optional Array of String. Each one represents a marker that will be associated with the text. New markers will be created if they don't already exist. |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.classifiers.upload_data(
"[MODEL_ID]",
[{text: "text 1", tags: [TAG_ID_1, "[tag_name]"]},
{text: "text 2", tags: [TAG_ID_1, TAG_ID_2]}]
)
Monkeylearn.extractors.extract(model_id, data, options = {})
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Extractor ID. It always starts with 'ex' , for example, 'ex_oJNMkt2V' . |
data | Array[String or Hash] |
A list of up to 200 data elements to extract from. Each element must be a string with the text or a dict with the required text key and the text as the value. You can also provide an optional external_id key with a string that will be included in the response. |
options | Hash |
Optional parameters, see below. The hash always expects symbols as keys. |
Optional parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
production_model | Boolean |
False |
Indicates if the extractions are performed by the production model. Only use this parameter with custom models (not with the public ones). Note that you first need to deploy the model to production either from the UI model settings or by using the Classifier deploy endpoint. |
batch_size | Integer |
200 | Max number of texts each request will send to MonkeyLearn. A number from 1 to 200. |
Example:
data = ["First text", {"text": "Second text", "external_id": "2"}]
response = Monkeylearn.extractors.extract("[MODEL_ID]", data)
Monkeylearn.extractors.detail(model_id)
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
model_id | String |
Extractor ID. It always starts with 'ex' , for example, 'ex_oJNMkt2V' . |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.extractors.detail("[MODEL_ID]")
Monkeylearn.extractors.list(page: 1, per_page: 20, order_by: '-created')
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
page | Integer |
1 |
Specifies which page to get. |
per_page | Integer |
20 |
Specifies how many items per page will be returned. |
order_by | String or Array |
'-created' |
Specifies the ordering criteria. It can either be a String for single criteria ordering or an array of Strings for more than one. Each String must be a valid field name; if you want inverse/descending order of the field prepend a - (dash) character. Some valid examples are: 'is_public' , '-name' or ['-is_public', 'name'] . |
Example:
response = Monkeylearn.extractors.list(page: 2, per_page: 5, order_by: ['-is_public', 'name'])