altspell 0.4.0

A flask web API for translating between traditional English spellings and alternative spellings

Altspell

Flask web app for translating traditional English to respelled English and vice versa.

Quick Start

Execute the following commands to get the web API up and running:

# Activate virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install main program
pip install altspell

# Install a few plugins
pip install altspell-lytspel \
            altspell-portul \
            altspell-soundspel

# Start web API
flask --app altspell run

Example HTTP requests:

# List available spelling systems
curl -X GET -H "Accept: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/spelling-systems

# Perform forward translation and save the result in the database
curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d  '{
    "text": "Hello, world!",
    "spellingSystem": "lytspel",
    "forward": true,
    "save": true
}' http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/translations

# Retrieve the saved result from the database
# translation_id comes from the HTTP response of the previous command
curl -X GET -H "Accept: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/v1/translations/{translation_id}