cliff-clavin.py

import json
import time
import requests
from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote_plus

url = 'http://[SECRET]:8080/'
cliff_version = 'CLIFF-2.3.0'
text = 'There is an ongoing match at the Wembley Stadium in Britain for USA'

payload = {'q': text}
encoded_text = urlencode(payload, quote_via = quote_plus)

main_url = url + cliff_version + '/parse/text?' + encoded_text

start = time.time()
response = requests.get(main_url)
end = time.time()

data = json.loads(response.text)
pretty_data = json.dumps(data, indent=4, sort_keys=True)

print(pretty_data)

timediff = end - start
comptime = data["milliseconds"] / 1000
print("total = " + str(timediff) + ' | ' + 'computation = ' + str(comptime))

# Output: total = 0.7978863716125488 computation = 0.017