I'm currently working with Node.js using the watson-developer-cloud Node.js SDK and I'm having problems when sending a query that includes an entity.
This is my code:
// require watson's node sdk and fs
var watson = require('watson-developer-cloud');
var fs = require('fs');
// Define output file
var outputJSONFile = '/home/vagrant/Desktop/node/dir/data.json';
// Create alchemy_data_news object using our api_key
var alchemy_data_news = watson.alchemy_data_news({
api_key: ''
});
// Define params for the query and what values to return
// Accepted returne values:
// docs.alchemyapi.com/v1.0/docs/full-list-of-supported-news-api-fields
var params = {
start: 'now-1m',
end: 'now',
count: 2,
qs: ['q.enriched.url.enrichedTitle.entities.entity.text=apple'],
return: ['enriched.url.url,enriched.url.title']
};
// Call getNews method and return json
alchemy_data_news.getNews(params, function (err, news) {
if (err) {
console.log('error:', err);
} else {
fs.writeFile(outputJSONFile, JSON.stringify(news, null, 2), function(err) {
if (err) {
console.log('WriteFile Error:', err);
} else {
console.log("JSON saved to " + outputJSONFile);
}
});
}
});
I'm still trying to figure out how to send the entities parameters using the params object.
While digging up through some code I came across qs so I have been using that to test but I haven't had success at all.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
P.S: I'm trying to pass:
q.enriched.url.enrichedTitle.entities.entity.text=apple
q.enriched.url.enrichedTitle.entities.entity.type=company
If you look at the node-sdk source code for AlchemyDataNews, you will see that the top level parameters are being sent as query strings.
Then params
map should be:
var params = {
start: 'now-1m',
end: 'now',
count: 2,
return: ['enriched.url.url,enriched.url.title'],
// fields here
'q.enriched.url.enrichedTitle.entities.entity.text': 'apple',
'q.enriched.url.enrichedTitle.entities.entity.type': 'company'
};