Polar.NameExplorer 0.8.6

.NET 5.0 
dotnet add package Polar.NameExplorer --version 0.8.6
NuGet\Install-Package Polar.NameExplorer -Version 0.8.6
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Polar.NameExplorer" Version="0.8.6" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add Polar.NameExplorer --version 0.8.6
#r "nuget: Polar.NameExplorer, 0.8.6"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install Polar.NameExplorer as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Polar.NameExplorer&version=0.8.6

// Install Polar.NameExplorer as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Polar.NameExplorer&version=0.8.6

Polar Name Explorer SDK

(Currently, the product is in the release candidate phase. Contact: getting help or support@polarsoftware.com)

The Polar Name Explorer SDK enables .NET developers to easily work with Polar Name Explorer .NET Core Component.

The SDK is an easy-to-use infrastructure containing developer focused examples, documentation (GitHub Wiki) and official bug tracker (GitHub Issues).

Polar Name Explorer .NET Core Component is the perfect solution to all your name extraction problems. It is an easy-to-use .NET Core component, ideal for software developers who want to extract and parse names and surnames from text.

Getting started

Install the package

You can download Nuget package from this link: http://download.polarsoftware.com/nameexplorer/Polar.Name.Explorer.nupkg.zip.
Right-click on the link and select "Save link as...".
Here is instruction how to install a NuGet package .nupkg file locally?

This is a trial, release candidate version, when we launch the release version it will be available on the nuget.org web site.

Examples

The following sections provide several code snippets covering some of the most common Polar Name Explorer tasks, including:

Extract name from text

Analytics analytics = new Analytics();
ResultNames resultNames = analytics.ExtractNames("My name is Mary Johnson, I'm from London, England ex-Europe.");
ParseName parseName = resultNames.ParseNames.FirstOrDefault();
Console.WriteLine($"Full Name: {parseName.FirstName + " " + parseName.LastName}");//"Mary Johnson"
Console.WriteLine($"FirstName: {parseName.FirstName}");//"Mary"
Console.WriteLine($"LastName: {parseName.LastName}");//"Johnson"
//Gender:            
Console.WriteLine($"Gender: {parseName.GenderData.Gender}");//"f"            
Console.WriteLine($"FemalePercent: {parseName.GenderData.FemalePercent}");
Console.WriteLine($"FemalePercent: {parseName.GenderData.MalePercent}");

source of example

Parse full name

Analytics analytics = new Analytics();
ResultNames resultNames = analytics.ParseName("Mary Johnson");
ParseName parseName = resultNames.ParseNames.FirstOrDefault();
Console.WriteLine($"Full Name: {parseName.FirstName + " " + parseName.LastName}");//"Mary Johnson"
Console.WriteLine($"FirstName: {parseName.FirstName}");//"Mary"
Console.WriteLine($"LastName: {parseName.LastName}");//"Johnson"
//Gender:            
Console.WriteLine($"Gender: {parseName.GenderData.Gender}");//"f"            
Console.WriteLine($"FemalePercent: {parseName.GenderData.FemalePercent}");
Console.WriteLine($"FemalePercent: {parseName.GenderData.MalePercent}");

source of example

Troubleshooting

Exception handling

Polar Name Explorer .NET Core Component A exception is triggered when an operation specific to Polar Name Explorer has encountered an issue. The exception includes some contextual information to assist in understanding the context of the error and its relative severity.

Getting Help

Please use these community resources for getting help. We use the GitHub issues for tracking bugs and feature requests.

Opening Issues

Opening Issues If you encounter a bug with Polar Name Explorer SDK we would like to hear about it. Search the existing issues and try to make sure your problem doesn’t already exist before opening a new issue. It’s helpful if you include the version of Polar Name Explorer SDK and the OS you’re using. Please include a stack trace and reduced repro case when appropriate, too.

The GitHub issues are intended for bug reports and feature requests. For help and questions with using Polar Name Explorer SDK please make use of the resources listed in the Getting Help section. There are limited resources available for handling issues and by keeping the list of open issues clean we can respond in a timely manner.

Trial version and commercial license

Polar Name Explorer .NET Core Component is a commercial library. You are welcome to explore its functionality and get technical support from the team when you download this trial version.
Trial version has some limits such as: 30 days, uses only US name list, etc.

To use it commercially, you need to purchase a license (when we launch the release version). Feel free to review the Polar License Agreement to get acquainted with the full terms of use.
The libraries are subject of the license under which you've obtained the assemblies.

Note

Currently, the product is in the release candidate phase.
This repository does not contain the actual source code of the components.
Follow the information here on the GitHub repository Polar Name Explorer SDK and on the website
If you have any questions feel free to contact us: support@polarsoftware.com, or find anything you want to know here: issues.

Licensing in brief

100% royalty free distribution, for desktop and server.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 is compatible.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
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0.8.6 3 11/4/2021