{"id":8776,"library":"wetext","title":"WeTextProcessing Runtime","description":"WeTextProcessing Runtime is a Python library providing text processing capabilities, including tokenization, POS tagging, and NER. It focuses on functionalities often relevant for Chinese text due to its dependencies on libraries like `jieba` and `hanlp`. The current version is `0.1.2`, and its development appears to be abandoned, with the last commit dating back to March 2022.","status":"abandoned","version":"0.1.2","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/pengzhendong/wetext","tags":["nlp","text processing","chinese","tokenization","pos tagging","ner"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install wetext","lang":"bash","label":"Install latest version"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"Required for various NLP tasks.","package":"nltk"},{"reason":"Chinese text segmentation.","package":"jieba"},{"reason":"Regular expression operations.","package":"regex"},{"reason":"A specific alpha version of HanLP, critical for core functionality but problematic.","package":"hanlp==0.0.0a11","optional":false},{"reason":"Progress bar utility.","package":"tqdm"}],"imports":[{"symbol":"WeTextProcessing","correct":"from wetext import WeTextProcessing"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from wetext import WeTextProcessing\n\n# Create a WeTextProcessing object\nwetext = WeTextProcessing()\n\n# Process text\ntext = \"This is a sample text for WeTextProcessing.\"\nresult = wetext.process(text)\n\n# Print the result\nprint(f\"Processed text: {result}\")","lang":"python","description":"Initializes `WeTextProcessing` and processes a sample string."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Attempt `pip install hanlp==0.0.0a11` separately to diagnose issues. Given the age and specificity, manual intervention or considering an alternative library for modern use is highly recommended.","message":"The library explicitly depends on `hanlp==0.0.0a11`, which is a very old alpha version. This specific version is known to be difficult to install, may have security vulnerabilities, or could conflict with newer Python versions or other dependencies.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"0.1.2"},{"fix":"Evaluate the long-term viability for your project. Be prepared for potential compatibility issues with newer Python environments (e.g., Python 3.10+), or consider alternative, actively maintained text processing libraries.","message":"The `wetext` library appears to be abandoned since March 2022 (version 0.1.2). This means there are no ongoing bug fixes, security updates, or compatibility improvements for newer Python versions or upstream dependencies.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"0.1.2"},{"fix":"Review the source code directly on GitHub for deeper understanding. For complex use cases, expect to spend time reverse-engineering functionality or exploring alternatives with better documentation.","message":"Minimal documentation is available, primarily consisting of the README. This makes it challenging to understand the full capabilities, internal workings, or advanced configuration options of the `WeTextProcessing` class.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"0.1.2"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Try installing `hanlp==0.0.0a11` separately: `pip install hanlp==0.0.0a11`. If it fails, check your Python version (e.g., Python 3.7-3.9 might have better luck) or consider using a different HanLP version and manually patching `wetext` (if feasible) or finding an alternative library.","cause":"The `hanlp` package, specifically version `0.0.0a11`, failed to install correctly during `pip install wetext`. This is a common issue with very old alpha dependencies.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hanlp'"},{"fix":"Ensure `wetext` is installed (`pip install wetext`) and that the import statement is `from wetext import WeTextProcessing`.","cause":"Incorrect import path or `wetext` was not correctly installed.","error":"ImportError: cannot import name 'WeTextProcessing' from 'wetext' (unknown location)"},{"fix":"Verify the quickstart example and ensure `wetext = WeTextProcessing()` is correctly initialized before calling `wetext.process(text)`.","cause":"The `process` method is the primary entry point for text processing, but it might be called incorrectly or the object initialized improperly.","error":"AttributeError: 'WeTextProcessing' object has no attribute 'process'"}]}