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I like this because I can just plug in the URL of any old article I might want to read and see what I'm getting myself into, e.g. http://klopets.com/readtime/?url=http://www.newyorker.com/ma.... Now that I know it's a 15 minute read, I'll probably save it for later.
This would be great as a browser plugin.
A bit too simple for an API, reminds me of Fuck Off As A Service. http://www.foaas.com/
I like the idea however it is confused by messy HTML such as: http://klopets.com/readtime/?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016...
A bit too simple for an API, reminds me of Fuck Off As A Service. http://www.foaas.com/
Simplicity is a good thing. A service that attempts to do one thing well.
NOTE: If you are using a library for easily doing HTTP requests, than you can probably use a library for estimating time to read.
To those folks saying, "this is easy to code up in JavaScript" or "Pelican already does this for you" -- does it do it for you for other people's content? I like this because I can just plug in the URL of any old article I might want to read and see what I'm getting myself into, e.g. http://klopets.com/readtime/?url=http://www.newyorker.com/ma... . Now that I know it's a 15 minute read, I'll probably save it for late…
You are right, and thanks for pointing that out. I can generally tell how long it will take to read an article with a little scroll and a glance at the scroll bar. If the scroll bar is small, reading is going to take a while and vice versa.
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Simplicity is a good thing. A service that attempts to do one thing well.
Not when the HTTP request itself is more complicated to do than actually reimplementing the thing in Javascript. NOTE: If you are using a library for easily doing HTTP requests, than you can probably use a library for estimating time to read.
I know you can just include an external JavaScript library but I only do that for sources I trust.
To those folks saying, "this is easy to code up in JavaScript" or "Pelican already does this for you" -- does it do it for you for other people's content? I like this because I can just plug in the URL of any old article I might want to read and see what I'm getting myself into, e.g. http://klopets.com/readtime/?url=http://www.newyorker.com/ma... . Now that I know it's a 15 minute read, I'll probably save it for late…
I like your username... You are right, and thanks for pointing that out. I can generally tell how long it will take to read an article with a little scroll and a glance at the scroll bar. If the scroll bar is small, reading is going to take a while and vice versa.
FYI: Made a similar npm module a while ago if you want this functionality locally: https://github.com/hswolff/read-time