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afinn-96

Easy access to AFINN-96.

AFINN 96 is the lightweight (1468 words/phrases), older, version of AFINN 165 (3382 words/phrases).

Installation

npm:

npm install afinn-96

Usage

var afinn = require('afinn-96')

afinn.positive // => 2
afinn['fed up'] // => -3

API

afinn96

afinn-96 returns entries to valence ratings (Object.<string, number>).

Note! Be careful when accessing unknown properties on the afinn-96 object, words such as “constructor” or “toString” might occur. It’s recommended to use a hasOwnProperty check beforehand.

Musings

Note the AFINN entries are:

• All lower case
• Can contain spaces (cases: can't stand, cashing in, cool stuff, does not work, dont like, fed up, green wash, green washing, messing up, no fun, not good, not working, right direction, screwed up, some kind)
• Can contain apostrophes (only case: can't stand)
• Can contain dashes (cases: cover-up, made-up, short-sighted, short-sightedness, son-of-a-bitch)

Related

• afinn-111 — AFINN list from 2011, containing 2477 entries
• afinn-165 — AFINN list from 2015, containing 3382 entries
• emoji-emotion — Like AFINN, but for emoji
• polarity — Detect the polarity of text, based on afinn-169 and emoji-emotion

License

MIT © Titus Wormer