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Getting Started

This Wiki covers setup and fundamental concepts of the indianconstitution library.

Requirements

• Python: 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14
• Dependencies: pydantic >= 2.0, typer >= 0.9, rich >= 13.0

Installation Options

1. Core Package

Minimal installation with zero external data-science heavy dependencies:

pip install indianconstitution

2. Data Science Extra

Includes pandas, networkx, and scipy for graph analysis and tabular workflows:

pip install "indianconstitution[data]"

3. AI / Semantic Search Extra

Includes sentence-transformers and torch for vector embeddings:

pip install "indianconstitution[ai]"

Basic Operations

Accessing Articles

from indianconstitution import get_article, get_constitution

# Fetch single article
art = get_article("14")
print(art.title)    # Equality before law
print(art.content)  # Full article text
print(art.part)     # 3 (Part III - Fundamental Rights)

# Access full Constitution instance
ic = get_constitution()
print(f"Total articles loaded: {len(ic)}")
print(f"Preamble: {ic.preamble[:150]}...")

Keyword Search

from indianconstitution import search

# Sub-millisecond inverted-index search
matches = search("freedom of speech", limit=5)
for m in matches:
    print(f"Art. {m.number}: {m.title}")

Multi-Format Data Export

from indianconstitution import get_constitution

ic = get_constitution()
ic.export("json", "constitution.json")
ic.export("csv", "constitution.csv")
ic.export("markdown", "constitution.md")