Requirements

Use the package manager pip3 to install the requirements. Update apt if you are using EC2 Ubuntu instance.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install python3-pip -y
pip3 install tqdm Flask nltk

Files and Tasks

1. run_project.py is the driver file, which will create the Flask app. Implement the logic for getting the postings list, executing DAAT AND query, merging linked list. etc. in this file.
2. indexer.py contains code to create and manipulate the index. Implement the necessary functions in indexer.
3. preprocessor.py contains code to pre-process documents & queries. Implement the necessary functions in preprocessor.
4. linkedlist.py defines the basic data structures for the postings list and the nodes of the postings list. It also contains code to manipulate the postings list. . Implement the necessary functions in linkedlist.
5. Execute run_project.py to create your index and start your API endpoint. Your endpoint will be available at http://<ec2 public ipv4:9999>/execute_query

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.