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Hello Cognitive World

Hello Cognitive World

Setting up Watson API in Python, running ToneAnalyzer as an example.

This is the very first lesson of the Cognitive Builder Course developed by Galvanize in partnership with IBM.

Before doing anything, we recommend you to clone this repository unto your computer so that you can work with a local version of the code.

1. Installation & Setup (prerequisites)

This sequence consists in the installation of the tools necessary for using the python Watson API. It is a set of step-by-step tutorials to guide through:

• the installation of Atom (text editor),
• the installation of Python/Anaconda,
• the installation of the Watson API,

2. Create, setup and connect to a first service instance (toneanalyzer)

This sequence will lead you to:

• create an instance of Tone Analyzer,
• find the instance in the services console,
• setup your credentials to access the instance from your computer,
• execute a template code connecting to the instance using your credentials.
• use tone analyzer to identify emotions in a sentence.