API for ConceptNet 5.1 is up

[Rob Speer]

The API for ConceptNet 5.1 is now up and documented:

https://github.com/commonsense/conceptnet5/wiki/API

This API is much simpler than the previous one, and should make it
easy to do things like ask for edges matching "x is part of a car".
I'll try to answer any questions you may have.
-- Rob

[jason]

I look forward to using it!

I fixed a few parenthesis and == bugs in conceptnet5/
cn5_webapi_client.py to get the new conceptnet to install properly,
but I'm still having a bit of a conceptual puzzle getting the new apis
working locally through the web interface. I've installed flask. It
would be really useful to me (and perhaps others) if there were a
guide on how to install, including the basic python install but also
how to load data files, and how to install/configure Solr if the api
is moving that way. I'm happy to help with this!

[Rob Speer]

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:39 PM, jason <merk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I look forward to using it!
>
> I fixed a few parenthesis and == bugs in conceptnet5/
> cn5_webapi_client.py to get the new conceptnet to install properly,
> but I'm still having a bit of a conceptual puzzle getting the new apis
> working locally through the web interface. I've installed flask. It
> would be really useful to me (and perhaps others) if there were a
> guide on how to install, including the basic python install but also
> how to load data files, and how to install/configure Solr if the api
> is moving that way. I'm happy to help with this!

Indeed, cn5_webapi_client.py is not updated for ConceptNet 5.1.

It should be possible to write a much simpler client that access the
API described at https://github.com/commonsense/conceptnet5/wiki/API.
So far I've just been asking people to access the raw JSON. Would you
be interested in helping by updating the client?

Thanks,
-- Rob

[mtrc]

Just wanted to pop in and thank you for this. Superb functionality
that's exactly what I needed right now. Can't wait to start taking
advantage of CN.