GeoAnnotator-Backend

Purpose

This repository is the backend of the GeoAnnotator (GA). It is mainly used for geoparsing plain texts, requesting coordinates of detected/given locations and more.

Installation

To install and run the backend, following packages/modules are required:

• Python 3.6 or higher

conda create -n GeoAnnotator_backend python && conda activate GeoAnnotator_backend

• FastAPI (for Request-API's) and Uvicorn (ASGI, webserver for hosting and logging Request-API's)

pip install fastapi "uvicorn[standard]"

• Geocoder, for "geocoding" exact position of a place

pip install geocoder

Usage

In bash, run the backend with following command (Win/Lin/Os):

uvicorn main:app --reload

The paths for the endpoint API's are under 'localhost:8000/api/...'. Feel free to explore.

Project status

Project finished.