hamzakat / python-indexer

Building an inverted index using Python

Python Indexer

Building an inverted index using Python, as a solution for Programming Assignment at the university.

Requirements

• Python 2
• Data to index in HTML format (check data in docs/cacm.zip as an example)

Usage

1. Put data "data" directory

2. Run

python indexer.py

3. Read generated output files
   • documents.dat (Documents IDs)
     • document name -> document ID
   • index.dat (Inverted Index)
     • term -> postings