afinn-111

Easy access to afinn-111.

Install

This package is ESM only: Node 12+ is needed to use it and it must be imported instead of required.

npm:

npm install afinn-111

Use

import {afinn111} from 'afinn-111'

afinn111.positive //=> 2
afinn111['self-deluded'] //=> -2

API

This package exports the following identifiers: afinn111. There is no default export.

afinn111

afinn-111 maps 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-165 and emoji-emotion

License

MIT © Titus Wormer