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# reading_time_estimator
Python script for estimating an article's reading time
this works with python3
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import bs4
import urllib, re
import sys

# Words per minute
WPM = 200
WORD_LENGTH = 5

# 1
def extract_text(url):
html = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
html = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
texts = soup.findAll(text=True)
return texts
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total_words = count_words_in_text(filtered_text, WORD_LENGTH)
return total_words/WPM

print estimate_reading_time("http://www.assafelovic.com/blog/2017/6/27/estimating-an-articles-reading-time")

print( estimate_reading_time(sys.argv[1]))