srilaasya / Tweazy

An extension downloadable through our website which helps you analyze twitter accounts based on the content and history with real-time sentiment analysis on tweets.

⭐ Objective

An extension downloadable through our website which helps you analyze twitter accounts based on the content and history with real-time sentiment analysis on tweets

⭐ APIs, libraries and frameworks

• Tweepy- For scraping twitter data
• Expert.ai- For sentiment analysis
• Express.js - Back-end server

⭐ Working of Tweazy

• Identifies Twitter handles on screen
• Extracts text from 50 latest tweets of selected user handle
• Performs sentiment analysis and returns an overall sentiment score along with a sentiment graph showing number of positive, neutral and negative tweets
• Gives additional insights on on the number of followers and friends, and the time at which the account was created

⭐ Install dependencies and run the local server

• Run the command npm i && pip install -r requirements.txt && node index.js in your terminal to install dependencies and start the local server.
• This command will install Python and Node.js dependencies, after which, it will also start the server locally.
• You can now proceed to install the extension as mentioned in the next section.

⭐ Extension installation

• Download the extension from here.
• Unzip the file once downloaded and take note of the location.
• Open Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge and go to chrome://extensions or edge://extensions respectively.
• Turn on the Developer Mode on the top right corner.
• Now select Load Unpacked from the left corner and select the extension folder from the unzipped file you downloaded.
• You should be able to see Tweazy extension now.
• You can now proceed to the next section on how to use the extension.

⭐ Usage

• Open up any twitter page / profile.
• Click on the extension.
• Select the username you wish to analyze.
• Voila! On the screen are your results!