Fast multi-keyword search engine for text strings
Project description
Author: Stefan Behnel
What is Acora?
Acora is ‘fgrep’ for Python, a fast multi-keyword text search engine.
Based on a set of keywords, it generates a search automaton (DFA) and runs it over string input, either unicode or bytes.
It is based on the Aho-Corasick algorithm and an NFA-to-DFA transformation.
Features
works with unicode strings and byte strings
about 2-3x as fast as Python’s regular expression engine
finds overlapping matches, i.e. all matches of all keywords
support for case insensitive search (~10x as fast as ‘re’)
frees the GIL while searching
additional (slow but short) pure Python implementation
support for Python 2.5+ and 3.x
support for searching in files
How do I use it?
Import the package:
>>> from acora import AcoraBuilder
Collect some keywords:
>>> builder = AcoraBuilder('ab', 'bc', 'de')
>>> builder.add('a', 'b')
Generate the Acora search engine:
>>> ac = builder.build()
Search a string for all occurrences:
>>> ac.findall('abc')
[('a', 0), ('ab', 0), ('b', 1), ('bc', 1)]
>>> ac.findall('abde')
[('a', 0), ('ab', 0), ('b', 1), ('de', 2)]
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