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import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer, util
from transformers import pipeline
class URLValidator:
"""
URL Validator class that evaluates the credibility of a webpage
using domain trust, content relevance, fact-checking, bias detection, and citations.
"""
def __init__(self):
# Load models once to avoid redundant API calls
self.similarity_model = SentenceTransformer('sentence-transformers/all-mpnet-base-v2')
self.fake_news_classifier = pipeline("text-classification", model="mrm8488/bert-tiny-finetuned-fake-news-detection")
self.sentiment_analyzer = pipeline("text-classification", model="cardiffnlp/twitter-roberta-base-sentiment")
def fetch_page_content(self, url: str) -> str:
""" Fetches and extracts text content from the given URL. """
try:
headers = {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"} # Helps bypass some bot protections
response = requests.get(url, timeout=10, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, "html.parser")
content = " ".join([p.text for p in soup.find_all("p")])
return content if content else "Error: No readable content found on the page."
except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
return "Error: Request timed out."
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
return f"Error: HTTP {e.response.status_code} - Page may not exist."
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
return f"Error: Unable to fetch URL ({str(e)})."
def get_domain_trust(self, url: str, content: str) -> int:
""" Simulated function to assess domain trust. """
if "Error" in content:
return 0
return len(url) % 5 + 1 # Mock trust rating (1-5)
def compute_similarity_score(self, user_query: str, content: str) -> int:
""" Computes semantic similarity between user query and page content. """
if "Error" in content:
return 0
return int(util.pytorch_cos_sim(
self.similarity_model.encode(user_query),
self.similarity_model.encode(content)
).item() * 100)
def check_facts(self, content: str) -> int:
""" Simulated function to check fact reliability. """
if "Error" in content:
return 0
return len(content) % 5 + 1 # Mock fact-check rating (1-5)
def detect_bias(self, content: str) -> int:
""" Uses NLP sentiment analysis to detect potential bias in content. """
if "Error" in content:
return 0
sentiment_result = self.sentiment_analyzer(content[:512])[0]
return 100 if sentiment_result["label"] == "POSITIVE" else 50 if sentiment_result["label"] == "NEUTRAL" else 30
def get_star_rating(self, score: float) -> tuple:
""" Converts a score (0-100) into a 1-5 star rating. """
stars = max(1, min(5, round(score / 20))) # Normalize 100-scale to 5-star scale
return stars, "⭐" * stars
def generate_explanation(self, domain_trust, similarity_score, fact_check_score, bias_score, final_score) -> str:
""" Generates a human-readable explanation for the score. """
reasons = []
if domain_trust < 50:
reasons.append("The source has low domain authority.")
if similarity_score < 50:
reasons.append("The content is not highly relevant to your query.")
if fact_check_score < 50:
reasons.append("Limited fact-checking verification found.")
if bias_score < 50:
reasons.append("Potential bias detected in the content.")
return " ".join(reasons) if reasons else "This source is highly credible and relevant."
def rate_url_validity(self, user_query: str, url: str):
""" Main function to evaluate the validity of a webpage. """
content = self.fetch_page_content(url)
# Handle errors
if "Error" in content:
return {"Validation Error": content}
domain_trust = self.get_domain_trust(url, content)
similarity_score = self.compute_similarity_score(user_query, content)
fact_check_score = self.check_facts(content)
bias_score = self.detect_bias(content)
final_score = (
(0.3 * domain_trust) +
(0.3 * similarity_score) +
(0.2 * fact_check_score) +
(0.2 * bias_score)
)
stars, icon = self.get_star_rating(final_score)
explanation = self.generate_explanation(domain_trust, similarity_score, fact_check_score, bias_score, final_score)
return {
"raw_score": {
"Domain Trust": domain_trust,
"Content Relevance": similarity_score,
"Fact-Check Score": fact_check_score,
"Bias Score": bias_score,
"Final Validity Score": final_score
},
"stars": {
"icon": icon
},
"explanation": explanation
}