Configurations

After you import convokit for the first time, a default configuration file will be generated in ~/.convokit/config.yml. There are currently four variables:

• db_host: database localhost port, default to be “localhost:27017”.

• data_directory: local directory for downloaded corpuses, default to be “~/.convokit/saved-corpora”.

• model_directory: local directory for downloaded models, default to be “~/.convokit/saved-models”.

• default_backend: default ConvoKit backend choice, can be “mem” or “db”, default to be “mem”. For more information, check Storage Options.