Python Notebook Markdown Word Counter

ipynb_word_count.py

import json
import argparse

"""
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"""

# Inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71194571/word-count-of-markdown-cells-in-jupyter-notebook

__author__ = "Lawrence Adams"

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    prog="ipynb_word_count.py",
    description="Counts the number of words in Markdown blocks within a iPy Notebook. Ignores titles and words in the ignore_words list.",  # noqa
)

parser.add_argument("filename")
args = parser.parse_args()

with open(args.filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as json_file:
    data = json.load(json_file)


ignore_words = ["|"]
ignore_linestart = ["#", "<", "|"]

block_count = 0
word_count = 0
all_lines = list()
for each in data["cells"]:
    cellType = each["cell_type"]
    if cellType == "markdown":
        content = each["source"]
        block_count += 1
        for line in content:
            if line[0] not in ignore_linestart:
                temp = [word for word in line.split()]
                temp = list(filter(lambda word: word not in ignore_words, temp))
                word_count = word_count + len(temp)

print(
    f"Word Count → \033[01m\033[94m{word_count}\033[0m, in {block_count} blocks."  # noqa
)

Example usage:

$ python ipynb_word_count.py assessment.ipynb 
Word Count --> 509, in 13 blocks.