TAPoRware Date Finder (Plain)

TAPoRware Date Finder (Plain)

Tool Details

Name

Description

This tool extracts dates from an Plain text document. Dates can be limited to all dates, years, months, weeks, seasons, North American holidays or user defined dates (e.g. specific month(s), week(s), season(s), holiday(s)).

Website

http://tada.mcmaster.ca/Main/TAPoRwarePlainDateFinder

Type

Endpoint URL

http://ra.tapor.ualberta.ca/~taporware2/services/datefindplain

Service URI

http://ra.tapor.ualberta.ca/~taporware2/services/datefindplain

Service Method

Soap Action

Default Stylesheet

Text Compatibility

plain-text

AnalyzeThis HTML Fragment

Static URL

Dynamic URL

Quick Tool Launch

- OR -
    
    <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="upload_textInput"/>
    <input type="file" name="upload_textInput"/>

- OR -
    
    <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="text_textInput"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="text_textInput" value="Enter a value here"/>
    
    - OR -
    
    <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="text_textInput"/>
    <textarea name="text_textInput"></textarea>
    
    <input type="hidden" name="dateOption" value="REQUIRED - Please specify a value here"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="userDate" value="OPTIONAL"/>
    <input type="hidden" name="outFormat" value="REQUIRED - Please specify a value here"/>        
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Quick Tool Launch"/>
  </form>

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Analyze This (TAPoRware Date Finder (Plain))

Parameters

Text source(text source)

Parameter Name

textInput

Type

Text Source Expectation

url

Help Text

Plain text string.

Date option(dropdown)

Parameter Name

dateOption

Type

Required

true

Help Text

All dates: Extract all possible dates from the source text. Years: Extract years from the source text. Months: Extract months from the source text. Seasons: Extract seasons from the source text. North American holidays (national and statutory): Extract North American holidays from the source text. User date: User-defined dates may include months, years, weeks, seasons or holidays.

List Items

Label	Value
All dates	all(default value)
Years only	year
Months only	month
Weeks only	week
Seasons only	season
North American official holidays	holiday
User dates	user

User dates(text box)

Parameter Name

userDate

Type

Required

false

Default

Example

Help Text

Fill this field only when you select "User date" in the selection above. name of month, year, week, season or holiday.

Display as(dropdown)

Parameter Name

outFormat

Type

Required

true

Help Text

Currently, only HTML format is supported.

List Items

Label	Value
HTML	html(default value)
Tab delimited text	tab