The goal of this project is to provide a tool that analyzes the sentiment and other language-based attributes of a news article using the Meaning Cloud API's Natural Language Processing capabilities. It bundles the required JavaScript files using Webpack and utilizes an Express server to serve the application.

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yousefkullab/evaluate-news-article.git
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd evaluate-news-article
3. Install the project dependencies: npm install

• build the distribution files for development and production npm run bulid-dev or npm run build-prod
• Start the development server: npm run start
• Open your web browser and navigate to localhost:8081 to access the application.
• Enter the URL of the news article you want to evaluate in the provided form.
• Submit the form to see the analysis results, including sentiment and other language-based attributes of the article.

This project uses the following main dependencies:

• Express: Web server for handling requests.
• Meaning Cloud API: Provides Natural Language Processing analysis.
• Webpack: Bundles JavaScript and other assets for deployment.
• Jest: Testing framework for unit testing.

The project is structured as follows:

• src/client/index.js: Entry point for the client-side JavaScript.
• src/client/js/urlChecker.js: Contains the logic for checking the validity of the entered URL.
• src/client/js/formHandler.js: Manages the form submission and API request.
• src/client/views: Contains the HTML templates for the application.
• src/client/styles: Holds the CSS styles for the application.
• src/server/index.js: Entry point for the Express server.

To use the Meaning Cloud API, you need to sign up for an API key.
Create a .env file and add this line API_KEY = "Your_Api_Key_From_Meaning_Cloud_Api"

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