davweb / reading-time

Calculate reading time for articles from their URLs

reading-time

Calculate reading time for articles from their URLs

How to Use

1. Checkout this repository.

2. Set up a python virtual environment with:

   python -m venv --prompt pdf-password .venv
   

3. Source the virtual environment with:

   source .venv/bin/activate
   

4. Install required packages using pip:

   pip install pip-tools
   pip-compile requirements.in
   pip-sync
   

5. Run the script with:

   python reading_time.py <url>
   

Options

The command line options available to the script are shown below.

Option	Description
-h, --help	Show the help message.
-s <wpm>, --reading-speed <wpm>	Set the reading speed in in words per minute. The default value is 200.
-a, --alternate	Use readabilipy instead of readability to extract the article text.
-w, --whole-page	Use the whole page when calculating reading speed instead of just the main article text.