Inspiration
Social media interaction drastically increased during the last years. However, so far it has not been possible to measure the sentiment of pictures or messages in Twitter, Instagram or Slack. We were inspired by Microsoft to apply the Emotion API in the setting of social media channels and make a competition between teams out of it.
What it does
The line is a gamified sentiment analysis application where two teams compete by sending pictures/messages through slack/twitter/instagram. The pictures are then analyzed and based on the sentiment in the picture/text, the teams gain scores which are represented by a line, hence the name of our team.
How I built it
We used Python to built the Line with an html and javascript front end. We spent a significant amount of time developing solutions to interact with the APIs of Twitter/Slack/Instagram and Azure.
Challenges I ran into
Integrating the different APIs, setting up a database and putting the pieces together.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We created a website: http://theline.rocks/
What I learned
We learned to interact with various APIs as well increased our ability to work in a team.
What's next for The Line
We intend to expand The Line
Post an Instagram photo or Tweet using #theline #ichacklower or #ichackupper plus a nice message or happy photo and see the line go up on http://theline.rocks or down depending on your mood!
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