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Installing the Python SDK

Overview

The Sentor Machine Learning SDK provides Python developers with a powerful interface to our sentiment analysis API.

Features

  • 🚀 Python 3.10+ support
  • ⚡ Simple and intuitive API
  • 🌍 Support for multiple languages
  • 📦 Batch processing capabilities
  • 🛡️ Comprehensive error handling
  • 🔄 Real-time sentiment analysis

Requirements

System Requirements

  • Python 3.10 or higher
  • pip package manager
  • Minimum 512MB RAM
  • Active internet connection

Installation Methods

Using pip

pip install sentor-python-sdk

Verifying Installation

import sentor

# Check version
print(sentor.__version__)

# Verify connectivity
from sentor import SentorClient

client = SentorClient("your-api-key")
health = client.check_health()
print(f"API Status: {health['status']}")

Environment Setup

Virtual Environment (recommended)

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate virtual environment

# On macOS/Linux:
source venv/bin/activate

# On Windows:
.venvScriptsactivate

# Install Sentor ML
pip install sentor-python-sdk

Environment Variables

# Create .env file
echo "SENTOR_API_KEY=your-api-key" > .env
# Load environment variables
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os

load_dotenv()
api_key = os.getenv("SENTOR_API_KEY")

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

  1. SSL Certificate Errors
# Install certificates (if needed)
pip install certifi
  1. Dependency Conflicts
# Install with specific versions
pip install "sentor-python-sdk[all]"
  1. Version Mismatch
# Force reinstall
pip install --force-reinstall sentor-python-sdk

Installation Verification Script

def verify_installation():
    try:
        import sentor
        print(f"✅ Sentor ML SDK Version: {sentor.__version__}")
        
        from sentor import SentorClient
        client = SentorClient("test_key")
        print("✅ Client initialization successful")
        
        # Check dependencies
        import requests
        import pydantic
        print("✅ All dependencies installed")
        
        return True
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"❌ Installation verification failed: {str(e)}")
        return False

if __name__ == "__main__":
    verify_installation()

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