medcat.tokenizing.spacy_impl.utils
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.. py:module:: medcat.tokenizing.spacy_impl.utils


Attributes
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.. autoapisummary::

   medcat.tokenizing.spacy_impl.utils.logger


Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   medcat.tokenizing.spacy_impl.utils.has_spacy_model
   medcat.tokenizing.spacy_impl.utils.ensure_spacy_model


Module Contents
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.. py:data:: logger

.. py:function:: has_spacy_model(model_name)

   Checks if the spacy model is available.

   :param model_name: The model name.
   :type model_name: str

   :Returns: **bool** -- True if the model is available, False otherwise.


.. py:function:: ensure_spacy_model(model_name)

   Ensure the specified spacy model exists.

   If the model does not currently exist, it will attempt downloading it.

   :param model_name: The spacy model name.
   :type model_name: str