TweetLab Backend

This is the backend service for the TweetLab application, deployed on Google Cloud.

Setup

1. Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the development server:

python main.py

Deployment

The backend is deployed on Google Cloud. To deploy:

1. Make sure you have the Google Cloud SDK installed
2. Run the deployment command:

gcloud app deploy

API Endpoints

The backend provides the following API endpoints:

• /api/tweets - Get tweet data
• /api/analyze - Analyze tweet sentiment
• /api/stats - Get tweet statistics

Environment Variables

Create a .env file with the following variables:

API_KEY=your_api_key
MODEL_PATH=path_to_model

Model Files

The following model files are required:

• finetuned_twitter_roberta_multi.pt
• regressor_model.pkl
• replies_model.pkl
• retweets_model.pkl
• likes_model.pkl
• tfidf_vectorizer.pkl