distractor_generation_api

This is a simple Flask API that returns alternative options (distractors) for an MCQ, given the correct answer. It uses Sense2Vec to determine the distractors.

Steps to run:

1. Download and unzip Sense2Vec vectors to your project folder.

!wget https://github.com/explosion/sense2vec/releases/download/v1.0.0/s2v_reddit_2015_md.tar.gz

!tar -xvf s2v_reddit_2015_md.tar.gz

2. Install dependencies to your python environment.

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Start the server.

python server.py

Access the endpoints from your browser in the following ways:

(Default number of options is 5)

1. http://0.0.0.0:5002/distractor/london
2. http://0.0.0.0:5002/distractor/london/10

Replace london and 10 with your preferences.