Daratos is a tool to determine the political leaning of a news article that you find on the web. Bias predictions are pulled from The Bipartisan Press' AI.

Consumer Offerings

You can install the chrome web extension here.

Road Map

• Web extension for a wide range of browsers
• Publicly accessible API
• User labeling of data

Running The Code

1. Fork and clone the repository.
2. Make sure python 3.7 is installed on your machine.
3. Install dependencies.

   cd Daratos_API
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Run the flask api in skeleton mode. Prediction will be turned off in skeleton mode.

   export PREDICTION_API_KEY="MISSING"
   python app.py runserver
   

5. Add the extension, located under Daratos_EXT, to your browser.
   • Firefox
   • Chrome (Follow the second step)
6. Navigate to any news article.
7. Click the extension button near the top right of your browser window.

Contributing

Coding style

• Try your best to follow the python coding style specified here.

Commits

• Each commit should have a single purpose. If a commit contains multiple unrelated changes, the changes should be split into separate commits.

Testing

• Code should pass all tests before a pull requst is made for the API
  • Running the test suite:
    1. Switch to the API folder (Daratos_API)
    2. Run this command: pytest
    3. Correct any errors that may have shown up

Creating a pull request

• Pull requests are welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.