sherpa_call_sherpa.py

def call_sherpa(text,model,annotator,server,token)
    url = server+"/projects/"+model+"/annotators/"+annotator+"/_annotate"
    results = {}
    text = text.encode(encoding='utf-8')
    headers = {"Accept": "application/json",
               "Content-Type": "text/plain",
               "Authorization": "Bearer " + token}

    response = requests.post(url,data=text, headers=headers)
    if (response.status_code != 200):
        print("error from server: %s" % response.status_code)
        return
    json_response = json.loads(response.text)        
    documenttext  = json_response['text']
    annotations   = json_response['annotations']
    for annotation in annotations:
        start   = annotation['start']
        end     = annotation['end']
        term    = documenttext[start:end]
        type    = annotation['labelName']
        if type in results:
            results[type].extend([term])
        else:
            results[type] = [term]
    for key in results.keys():
        list_set = set(results[key])
        results[key] = list(list_set)
    return results