# SocialParser

A small library for parsing out common social elements such as hashtags, mentions and urls.

## Usage

Install by adding `social_parser` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:

  ```elixir
  def deps do
    [{:social_parser, "~> 0.4.0"}]
  end
  ```

And then run the mix task to download and compile social_parser:

  ```shell
  mix deps.get
  ```

Once installed you can find parse out the social components like so:

  ```elixir
  defmodule SocialParserTest do
    def do_social_stuff() do
        message = "Hi @you check out http://example.com/ that +someone hosted #examples"

        components = SocialParser.parse(message)

        IO.inspect(components)
        # %{
        #    tags: ["#test"]},
        #    mentions: ["@you", "+someone"]},
        #    links: ["http://example.com/"]}
        # }
    end
  end
  ```