Date Parser
Official website: https://dateparser.io Official documentation: https://dateparser.io/documentation
Install
npm
Run:
npm install --save dateparser-nlp
Initialize with:
const dateparser = require('dateparser-nlp')
Configuration
In order to work, you need to have an API key to use Date Parser. API keys can be obtained for free at https://dateparser.io. It is fast and simple. Once you have an API key, just run this to add the key to configuration:
dateparser.config( {apiKey: 'putyourAPIkeyhere'} )
Date format system
If you are using U.S dating system (MM/DD/YYYY), use this command to set the date format correctly:
dateparser.config( {dateFormat: 'mdy'} )
If you are using International Date System (DD/MM/YYYY), you can use a similar setup:
dateparser.config( {dateFormat: 'dmy'} )
*Note: this is the default configuration, therefore this line is optional if you are not switching between formats.
Usage
basic usage
dateparser.parse('I went shopping on the 24th Dec. 2017.', function(error, dates){
/* do what you want here */
}
bulk usage
This method does the same as the previous one, but on an array of sentences, giving back the results as an array of dates.
dateparser.parseBulk(
['I went shopping on the 24th Dec. 2017.','I loved the movie we saw yesterday'],
function(error, datesArray){
/*
do what you want here
datesArray[0] is result(s) for the first sentence
datesArray[1] is result(s) for the second sentence
...
*/
}