dateparser-nlp

Date Parser

Official website: https://dateparser.io Official documentation: https://dateparser.io/documentation

Install

npm
Run:
npm install --save dateparser-nlp
Initialize with:
const dateparser = require('dateparser-nlp')

Configuration

In order to work, you need to have an API key to use Date Parser. API keys can be obtained for free at https://dateparser.io. It is fast and simple. Once you have an API key, just run this to add the key to configuration:

dateparser.config( {apiKey: 'putyourAPIkeyhere'} ) 

Date format system

If you are using U.S dating system (MM/DD/YYYY), use this command to set the date format correctly:

dateparser.config( {dateFormat: 'mdy'} )

If you are using International Date System (DD/MM/YYYY), you can use a similar setup:

dateparser.config( {dateFormat: 'dmy'} )

*Note: this is the default configuration, therefore this line is optional if you are not switching between formats.

Usage

basic usage

dateparser.parse('I went shopping on the 24th Dec. 2017.', function(error, dates){
	/* do what you want here */
}

bulk usage

This method does the same as the previous one, but on an array of sentences, giving back the results as an array of dates.

dateparser.parseBulk(
	['I went shopping on the 24th Dec. 2017.','I loved the movie we saw yesterday'],
	function(error, datesArray){
	/* 
	do what you want here
	datesArray[0] is result(s) for the first sentence
	datesArray[1] is result(s) for the second sentence
	... 
	*/
}