afinn-111

Easy access to afinn-111.

Installation

npm:

npm install afinn-111

Usage

var afinn = require('afinn-111');
 
afinn.positive; //=> 2
afinn['self-deluded']; //=> -2

API

afinn111

afinn-111 returns entries to valence ratings (Object.<string, number>).

Note! Be careful when accessing unknown properties on the afinn-111 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 numbers (only case: n00b);
• 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 diaeresis (only case: naïve);
• Can contain dashes (cases: cover-up, made-up, once-in-a-lifetime, self-confident, self-deluded, short-sighted, short-sightedness, son-of-a-bitch);

Related

• afinn-96 — AFINN list from 2009, containing 1468 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