I wanted to create an application that will allow you to search for #ABC and get the sentiment value of the tweets that mention #ABC.
- Current Confidence is currently in its BETA stage. More features to be added in the future.
HOW TO USE IT
1. Log-in or create new account
2. Search item (right now only 5 character items are searchable)
3. View sentiment graph & retreived tweets
4. Create a portfolio of saved searches (no restriction on character letters)
PROGRESSION OF PROJECT
1. [Page #1] User goes to website and searches for stock ticker. I.E. AAPL
2. [API/Gem #1: Tweet Scraper] Application will look up any hashtags on twitter that contain the searched stock ticker
* GEM: http://sferik.github.io/twitter/
* API: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/get/search/tweets <<<
* API: http://rdoc.info/gems/twitter#Quick_Start_Guide
3. [API #2: Sentiment Analysis] Application will analyze the tweet/string and assign the tweet as either high, medium, low sentiment/confidence
* LITERATURE: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~saif/WebPages/Abstracts/NRC-SentimentAnalysis.htm
* API: https://developers.google.com/prediction/docs/hello_world
* API: SentiGem
4. [Page #2] Application will yield results from API #2 and display it out on the final page.
5. [Model #1] User Log-in/Authentication
6. [Model #2] Allow users to create portfolio of saved items/companies
7. [Gem #2] Graphical Representation of Sentiments
* http://ankane.github.io/chartkick/
X. [Javascript] Autocompletion
* ftp://ftp.nasdaqtrader.com/SymbolDirectory/nasdaqlisted.txt
* http://autoc.finance.yahoo.com/autoc?query=google&callback=YAHOO.Finance.SymbolSuggest.ssCallback
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Smaller methods
2. OK -- Delete test code in Stocks Controller (ex: puts $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
3. Rename params (ex: "blah")
4. Move API calls from controller to model
5. OK -- Add flash errors