# Build a named entity recognition app — Explore the application code

> The source code for the name recognition application is in the Docker-NLP/02_name_entity_recognition.py file.

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The source code for the name recognition application is in the Docker-NLP/02_name_entity_recognition.py file. Open 02_name_entity_recognition.py in a text or code editor to explore its contents in the following steps.

Import the required libraries.

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```python
   import spacy
```

This line imports the spaCy library. spaCy is a popular library in Python used for natural language processing (NLP).

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```python
   nlp = spacy.load("en_core_web_sm")
```

Here, the spacy.load function loads a language model. The en_core_web_sm model is a small English language model. You can use this model for various NLP tasks, including tokenization, part-of-speech tagging, and named entity recognition.

Specify the main execution block.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
   if __name__ == "__main__":
```

This Python idiom ensures that the following code block runs only if this script is the main program. It provides flexibility, allowing the script to function both as a standalone program and as an imported module.

Create an infinite loop for continuous input.

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```python
      while True:
```

This while loop runs indefinitely until it's explicitly broken. It lets the user continuously enter text for entity recognition until they decide to exit.

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```python
   input_text = input("Enter the text for entity recognition (type 'exit' to end): ")
```

This line prompts the user to enter text. The program will then perform entity recognition on this text.

Define an exit condition.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
   if input_text.lower() == 'exit':
      print("Exiting...")
      break
```

If the user types something, the program converts the input to lowercase and compares it to exit. If they match, the program prints Exiting... and breaks out of the while loop, effectively ending the program.

Perform named entity recognition.

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```python
   doc = nlp(input_text)

   for ent in doc.ents:
      print(f"Entity: {ent.text}, Type: {ent.label_}")
``` …

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