Data Segmentation
The segmentation feature is a powerful API that provides instant insight into a dataset. Using this feature, you can find the top 100 sites, languages, authors, entities around a topic or a dataset, produced by a query.
It’s a powerful tool to get a 360° view of the dataset you’ve created. For example, you can segment the top forums for your query. For each forum, you can find the top authors, and for each author, the top users who comment on their posts. Another example is listing the top journalists who write about certain topics, or the top people or locations mentioned in a text.
URL Structure:
https://api.webz.io/nbdSeg?token=XXXXXXXX&q=[QUERY]&field=[SEGMENT]
HTTP GET Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| q | A Boolean query containing the filters that define which posts will be returned. | News articles about Bitcoin thread.title:bitcoin site_type:news |
| token | Your private access token that you received when you signed up. | |
| field | The field by which to segment the data. The following are the available segments: thread.site thread.sitesuffix thread.sitefull thread.sitesection thread.sitetype thread.country author published language sitecategory rating locations persons person.positive person.negative person.neutral organizations organization.positive organization.negative _ organization.neutral | Segment by top sites &field=thread.site |
| ts | The ts (timestamp) parameter returns results that were crawled after this timestamp (ts is a Unix timestamp in milliseconds). Here is a Timestamp/Date converter When not specified the default is the past 3 days. | &ts=1459835503426 |