Metaphor Python

An ergonomic way to use Metaphor in python.

Installation

Install metaphor-python via pip:

pip install metaphor-python

Usage

Import the package and initialize the Metaphor client with your API key:

from metaphor_python import Metaphor

client = Metaphor(api_key="your-api-key")

Search Request

response = client.search("funny article about tech culture",
    num_results=5,
    include_domains=["nytimes.com", "wsj.com"],
    start_published_date="2023-06-12"
)

for result in response.results:
    print(result.title, result.url)

Find Similar

response = client.find_similar("https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html", num_results=5)

for result in response.results:
    print(result.title, result.url)

Retrieve Document Contents

ids = ["8U71IlQ5DUTdsZFherhhYA", "X3wd0PbJmAvhu_DQjDKA7A"]
response = client.get_contents(ids)

for content in response.contents:
    print(content.title, content.url)

Reference

Metaphor.search()

This function performs a search on the Metaphor API.

Args

• query (str): The search query.
• options: Additional search options. Valid options are:
  • num_results (int): The number of search results to return.
  • include_domains (list): A list of domains to include in the search.
  • exclude_domains (list): A list of domains to exclude from the search.
  • start_crawl_date (str): The start date for the crawl (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • end_crawl_date (str): The end date for the crawl (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • start_published_date (str): The start date for when the document was published (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • end_published_date (str): The end date for when the document was published (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • use_autoprompt (bool): Whether to use autoprompt for the search.
  • type (str): The type of document to search for.

Returns

SearchResponse: A dataclass containing the search results.

Metaphor.find_similar()

Args:

• url (str): The base url to find similar links with.
• options: Additional search options. Valid options are:
  • num_results (int): The number of search results to return.
  • include_domains (list): A list of domains to include in the search.
  • exclude_domains (list): A list of domains to exclude from the search.
  • start_crawl_date (str): The start date for the crawl (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • end_crawl_date (str): The end date for the crawl (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • start_published_date (str): The start date for when the document was published (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • end_published_date (str): The end date for when the document was published (in YYYY-MM-DD format).

Returns

SearchResponse: A dataclass containing the search results.

Contribution

Contributions to metaphor-python are very welcome! Feel free to submit pull requests or raise issues.