Input/output interface for contextual analysis engine

A method of managing requests to obtain contextual analysis data, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a content administration client, a request for contextual analysis data based on digital content that is identified in the request;
• determining whether the requested contextual analysis data is stored in a results cache;
• where it is determined that the requested contextual analysis data is stored in the results cache, providing the requested contextual analysis data to the content administration client;
• and
• where a determination is made that the requested contextual analysis data is not stored in the results cache,
• using a headless browser to extract a corpus of plain text from the digital content,
• generating new contextual analysis data that includes at least a portion of the corpus of plain text and a hierarchal listing of topics extracted from the corpus of plain text,
• persisting the new contextual analysis data in the results cache, and
• providing the new contextual analysis data to the content administration client.

A system for obtaining contextual analysis data corresponding to a webpage, the system comprising:

• a results cache having persisted therein contextual analysis data;
• an input interface configured to receive, from a content administration tool, a request to obtain contextual analysis data corresponding to a webpage;
• a cache manager configured to determine whether the results cache has persisted therein the contextual analysis data corresponding to the webpage;
• an orchestration manager configured to invoke a text extraction service so as to extract a corpus of plain text from the webpage using a headless browser;
• and
• an output interface configured to provide, to the content administration tool, the contextual analysis data corresponding to the webpage, wherein the contextual analysis data provided to the content administration tool is either (a) obtained from the cache manager or (b) derived from the corpus of plain text that is extracted from the webpage.

A non-transient computer readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a digital content analysis process to be carried out, the process comprising:

• receiving a request to analyze the digital content;
• invoking a text extraction service configured to extract a corpus of plain text from the digital content;
• receiving, from a text analytics service, topic data derived from the corpus of plain text, the topic data including a listing of topics and corresponding relevancy scores for the listed topics;
• and
• generating a hierarchical output schema that includes a plurality of nodes, wherein a first node contains at least a portion of the corpus of plain text, and wherein a second node contains topics included within the listing received from the text analytics service.